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verb

past tense of collapse
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Recent Examples of collapsed
Verb
Other homes seemed to be abandoned—partially collapsed and overgrown with weeds. Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024 Ottoman-era homes in the city's old quarter collapsed. Lauren Frayer, NPR, 23 Dec. 2024 Existing home sales fell to levels last seen during the financial crisis as housing affordability measured by the National Association of Realtors collapsed. Matthew A. Winkler Bloomberg Opinion (tns), arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024 The 150ft section of the pier that collapsed, which included a restroom, was being worked on after it had been damaged by storms in the past. Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024 Yet his regime collapsed within days of the start of a coordinated rebel offensive. Hamidreza Azizi, Foreign Affairs, 23 Dec. 2024 Mosley died in early June 2024 after he got lost during a mountainous walk and collapsed on the island of Symi in the Aegean Sea, only one day into his holiday with his wife and friends. Caroline Frost, Deadline, 22 Dec. 2024 After the tech bubble burst, the site collapsed under crippling $300 million debt soon after going public in 2000. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 22 Dec. 2024 The main issue being some of my veins had collapsed where the wires were meant to go… But the hospital surgeons, doctors and nurses at the NHS have been incredible. Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for collapsed
Adjective
  • This was one of those overdoses that had the absolute reverberation of a slow-motion, unconscious descent into self-destruction.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 22 Jan. 2025
  • With the sun conjunct Pluto in Aquarius — shaking up your 12th house of closure, dreams, healing and unconscious patterns — you’re empowered with an inner knowing and deep sense of spirituality.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The back half of the car is crumpled in on itself, the windows are shattered and the patrol car was physically turned off the road by the force of the crash.
    Lauren Penington, The Denver Post, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The moment Watson crumpled to the field, the Browns’ future instantly pivoted.
    Jason Lloyd, The Athletic, 29 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The off-duty officer was riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle westbound when the driver of the Accord failed to yield the right-of-way and turned in front of the motorcycle, a DPS spokesperson said in a news release.
    Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Jan. 2025
  • But those attempts have failed, most recently in 2019, and Florida has persisted with its harsh penalties.
    Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Moreover, this innovative tag compressed 1440 daily measurements into a 12-byte message, which was ultimately sent via a long-range network.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Chu previously explained that the musical's intricate narrative, rich character arcs and iconic musical numbers could be better explored over two films rather than compressed into a single movie.
    George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The Bureau told the story of a spy adrift, working in the shadow of a faded empire.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The image that really got me on social media this week was a faded photo of a man and woman, standing on what looks like the front steps of their home.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Like monstera, split leaf philodendron has giant, shapely green leaves that bring a whimsical, maximalist feel to a room.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The project received preliminary approval in August with a split vote of 3-2, in which Mayor Christi Fraga and Councilman Rafael Pineyro voted against it.
    Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Those bleak years devastated the American rail industry, as revenue fell by 50 percent from 1928 to 1933, and a third of the country’s railroads went into bankruptcy.
    Patrick Sauer, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Someone won a $68 million jackpot in New York on Christmas Eve in 2002, but that prize went unclaimed.
    Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • Pitchfork’s namesake music publication had been folded into GQ last January by owners Condé Nast, with many Pitchfork Media employees losing their jobs.
    Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 24 Dec. 2024
  • That image has long since been folded into Guardiola’s mythology.
    Rory Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024

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“Collapsed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/collapsed. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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