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temblor collapse

earthquake collapse: shaking and vibration at the surface of the earth resulting from underground movement along a fault plane of from volcanic activity; a disturbance that is extremely disruptive; "selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees"

pileup collapse: multiple collisions of vehicles

mischance collapse

mishap collapse: an instance of misfortune

overrunning collapse

misadventure collapse

clean sweep collapse

misfortune collapse: unnecessary and unforeseen trouble resulting from an unfortunate event; an unfortunate state resulting from unfavorable outcomes

spill over collapse: be disgorged; "The crowds spilled out into the streets"

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

tragedy collapse: drama in which the protagonist is overcome by some superior force or circumstance; excites terror or pity

total loss collapse

disaster collapse: an act that has disastrous consequences

smashup collapse

casualty collapse: a decrease of military personnel or equipment; someone injured or killed in an accident; someone injured or killed or captured or missing in a military engagement

tsunami collapse: a cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruption; "a colossal tsunami destroyed the Minoan civilization in minutes"

clean slate collapse

torrent collapse: a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid); "the houses were swept away in the torrent"

calamity collapse: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

fatality collapse: the quality of being able to cause death or fatal disasters; a death resulting from an accident or a disaster; "a decrease in the number of automobile fatalities"

havoc collapse: violent and needless disturbance

accident collapse: anything that happens by chance without an apparent cause; a mishap; especially one causing injury or death

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

submersion collapse: the act of wetting something by submerging it

alluvium collapse

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"

inundation collapse

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"

quake collapse

debacle collapse: a sudden and violent collapse; flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

tidal wave collapse: a wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun; an unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tide; an overwhelming manifestation of some emotion or phenomenon; "a tidal wave of nausea"; "the flood of letters hit him with the force of a tidal wave"; "a tidal wave of crime"

cave in collapse: the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

cave collapse: a geological formation consisting of an underground enclosure with access from the surface of the ground or from the sea; explore natural caves; hollow out as if making a cave or opening; "The river was caving the banks"

revulsion collapse

collision collapse: a conflict of opposed ideas or attitudes or goals; "a collision of interests"; an accident resulting from violent impact of a moving object; "three passengers were killed in the collision"; "the collision of the two ships resulted in a serious oil spill"; (physics) an brief event in which two or more bodies come together; "the collision of the particles resulted in an exchange of energy and a change of direction"

woe collapse: intense mournfulness

breakdown collapse: an analysis into mutually exclusive categories; a cessation of normal operation; "there was a power breakdown"; a mental or physical breakdown

upheaval collapse: (geology) a rise of land to a higher elevation (as in the process of mountain building)

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