collapse
Example Sentences
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Healing is impossible when the threat never stops and when schools and healthcare systems have collapsed.
From Los Angeles Times
That collapse has erased hundreds of billions in market value from European luxury conglomerates and American beauty giants that bet heavily on Chinese middle-class aspiration.
From Barron's
For some, that description by Plymouth City Council leader Tudor Evans and the images of the collapse 12 years ago came to embody Britain's crumbling Victorian railways.
From BBC
The late collapse condemned Marseille to remaining in fourth place, 11 points off the pace.
From Barron's
In 1927 the studios were stunned by the success of “The Jazz Singer,” the first “talkie,” and the silent-film business quickly collapsed.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
