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dissection collapse: cutting so as to separate into pieces; detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work); a minute and critical analysis

mayhem collapse: the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person

exhaustion collapse: the act of exhausting something entirely; extreme fatigue

counterrevolution collapse: a revolution whose aim is to reverse the changes introduced by a previous revolution

bankruptcy collapse: a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent; inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"; a state of complete lack of some abstract property; "spiritual bankruptcy"; "moral bankruptcy"; "intellectual bankruptcy"

schizophrenia collapse: any of several psychotic disorders characterized by distortions of reality and disturbances of thought and language and withdrawal from social contact

paranoia collapse: a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

inroad collapse: an encroachment or intrusion; "they made inroads in the United States market"; an invasion or hostile attack

maladjustment collapse: the condition of being unable to adapt properly to your environment with resulting emotional instability

subversion collapse: the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

prostration collapse: the act of assuming a prostrate position; abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body

weakening collapse: the act of reducing the strength of something; becoming weaker; moderating by making pain or sorrow weaker

deflation collapse: the act of letting the air out of something; a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices; (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind; "a constant deflation of the desert landscape"

psychosis collapse: any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

breakage collapse: the act of breaking something; "the breakage was unavoidable"; reimbursement for goods damaged while in transit or in use; the quantity broken; "the total breakage was huge"

loss collapse: the act of losing; "everyone expected him to win so his loss was a shock"; the disadvantage that results from losing something; "his loss of credibility led to his resignation"; "losing him is no great deprivation"; the experience of losing a loved one; "he sympathized on the loss of their grandfather"; the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue; "the company operated at a loss last year"; "the company operated in the red last year"; something that is lost; "the car was a total loss"; "loss of livestock left the rancher bankrupt"; gradual decline in amount or activity; "weight loss"; "a serious loss of business"

mental illness collapse: any disease of the mind; the psychological state of someone who has emotional or behavioral problems serious enough to require psychiatric intervention

shipwreck collapse: a wrecked ship (or a part of one); an accident that destroys a ship at sea; an irretrievable loss; "that was the shipwreck of their romance"; destroy a ship; "The vessel was shipwrecked"; cause to experience shipwreck; "They were shipwrecked in one of the mysteries at sea"; suffer failure, as in some enterprise; ruin utterly; "You have shipwrecked my career"

tabula rasa collapse: a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke)

washout collapse: the erosive process of washing away soil or gravel by water (as from a roadway); "from the house they watched the washout of their newly seeded lawn by the water"; the channel or break produced by erosion of relatively soft soil by water; "it was several days after the storm before they could repair the washout and open the road"

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