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collapsed
(encz) | collapsed,zbořený adj: Zdeněk Brož |
collapsed
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collapsed
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Collapsed
(gcide) | Collapse \Col*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Collapsed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Collapsing] [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to
collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow
vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have
the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be
crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam
engine sometimes collapses.
[1913 Webster]
A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
--Maunder.
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2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow
when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse;
as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the
French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse
after attaining some success and importance.
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Collapsed
(gcide) | Collapse \Col*lapse"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Collapsed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Collapsing] [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to
collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]
1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow
vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have
the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be
crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam
engine sometimes collapses.
[1913 Webster]
A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.
--Maunder.
[1913 Webster]
2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow
when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse;
as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the
French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse
after attaining some success and importance.
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