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present participle of collapse.

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breaking adj.
crumbling adj.
decaying adj.
falling adj.
pooped adj.
tired adj.
tuckered out adj.

ADJECTIVE

breaking

Synonyms

STRONG

cracking crumbling fracturing shattering smashing splintering splitting tearing

Antonyms

WEAK

enduring strong

ADJECTIVE

crumbling

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decaying

STRONG

breaking disintegrating

WEAK

breaking up in ruins

ADJECTIVE

decaying

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crumbling deteriorating

STRONG

decomposing disintegrating eroding oxidizing rusting spoiling

WEAK

breaking down breaking up falling to pieces in ruins wasting away wearing away

ADJECTIVE

falling

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decreasing descending lowering plunging sliding tumbling weakening

STRONG

abating crumbling declining diminishing ebbing settling sinking slipping subsiding toppling tottering

Antonyms

WEAK

improving increasing rising

ADJECTIVE

pooped

Synonyms

WEAK

beat burned out bushed dead on one's feet dog-tired done for done in drained drooping drowsy enervated exhausted fatigued fried out of gas overworked played-out run down run ragged shot sleepy spent tuckered out wasted weary worn-out

ADJECTIVE

tired

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annoyed bored distressed drained exasperated fatigued irritated overworked sleepy stale

STRONG

beat consumed drooping empty enervated fagged faint finished flagging irked jaded overtaxed prostrated spent wasted worn

WEAK

all in asleep broken-down burned out dead dead on one's feet dog-tired done for done in droopy drowsy fed up haggard narcoleptic petered out played-out pooped run down sick of tuckered out worn-out

Antonyms

STRONGEST

energized lively

STRONG

fresh saved

WEAK

fired up invigorated refreshed rested

ADJECTIVE

tuckered out

Synonyms

WEAK

asleep beat burned out dead on one's feet dog-tired done for done in drained drooping droopy drowsy enervated exasperated exhausted fatigued finished overworked played-out pooped run down sleepy spent tired wasted weary wiped-out worn-out

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But with populations still collapsing across Africa, he knows protecting them will require much more than one community.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

Rather than collapsing into an infinite singularity, it reaches a very high but finite density and then reverses direction, expanding outward.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026

Tattoo artist Andres Hernandez said he was worried about his family and friends, adding that he would stay awake because structures around him were "on the verge of collapsing."

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

These are the conditions that historically have made for collapsing popular faith in the system and demands for something radical to replace it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 10, 2026

Uncle Al climbs onto the bench with the driver, practically collapsing with grief.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen

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