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gravitation collapse: a figurative movement toward some attraction; "the gravitation of the middle class to the suburbs"; movement downward resulting from gravitational attraction; "irrigation by gravitation rather than by pumps"

swoop collapse: a swift descent through the air; a very rapid raid; (music) rapid sliding up or down the musical scale; "the violinist was indulgent with his swoops and slides"; seize or catch with a swooping motion; move with a sweep, or in a swooping arc

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

downturn collapse: a worsening of business or economic activity; "the market took a downturn"

cascade collapse: a succession of stages or operations or processes or units; "progressing in severity as though a cascade of genetic damage was occurring"; "separation of isotopes by a cascade of processes"; a small waterfall or series of small waterfalls; arrange (open windows) on a computer desktop so that they overlap each other, with the title bars visible; rush down in big quantities, like a cascade

downgrade collapse: the property possessed by a slope or surface that descends; rate lower; lower in value or esteem

declension collapse: a class of nouns or pronouns or adjectives in Indo-European languages having the same (or very similar) inflectional forms; "the first declension in Latin"; the inflection of nouns and pronouns and adjectives in Indo-European languages

cataract collapse: a large waterfall; violent rush of water over a precipice; clouding of the natural lens of the eye

chute collapse: sloping channel through which things can descend; jump from an airplane and descend with a parachute

pounce collapse: the act of pouncing; move down on as if in an attack; "The raptor swooped down on its prey"; "The teacher swooped down upon the new students"

stoop collapse: an inclination of the top half of the body forward and downward; small porch or set of steps at the front entrance of a house; carry oneself, often habitually, with head, shoulders, and upper back bent forward; "The old man was stooping but he could walk around without a cane"; sag, bend, bend over or down; "the rocks stooped down over the hiking path"; descend swiftly, as if on prey; "The eagle stooped on the mice in the field"

declination collapse: a polite refusal of an invitation; (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial body north or south of the celestial equator; expressed in degrees; used with right ascension to specify positions on the celestial sphere

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