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brain collapse: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord; mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"; the brain of certain animals used as meat; kill by smashing someone's skull; hit on the head

falling collapse: becoming lower or less in degree or value; "a falling market"; "falling incomes"; decreasing in amount or degree; "falling temperature"

squash collapse: a game played in an enclosed court by two or four players who strike the ball with long-handled rackets; edible fruit of a squash plant; eaten as a vegetable; any of numerous annual trailing plants of the genus Cucurbita grown for their fleshy edible fruits; to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"

wear away collapse: diminish, as by friction; "Erosion wore away the surface"

spoil collapse: the act of stripping and taking by force; the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it; "her spoiling my dress was deliberate"; (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war); "to the victor belong the spoils of the enemy"; become unfit for consumption or use; "the meat must be eaten before it spoils"

regressive collapse: opposing progress; returning to a former less advanced state; (of taxes) adjusted so that the rate decreases as the amount of income increases

smash collapse: a serious collision (especially of motor vehicles); with a loud crash; "the car went smash through the fence"; break suddenly into pieces, as from a violent blow; "The window smashed"; break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a plate"; overthrow or destroy (something considered evil or harmful); "The police smashed the drug ring after they were tipped off"; hit hard; "He smashed a 3-run homer"; collide or strike violently and suddenly; "The motorcycle smashed into the guard rail"; hit (a tennis ball) in a powerful overhead stroke; hit violently; "She smashed her car against the guard rail"

rigorously collapse: in a rigorous manner; "he had been trained rigorously by the monks"

irritated collapse: feeling inflammation or other discomfort (especially in a part of the body)

waning collapse: a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent; "the waning of his enthusiasm was obvious"; "the waxing and waning of the moon"; (of the moon) pertaining to the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases; "after full moon comes the waning moon"

pine collapse: a coniferous tree; straight-grained durable and often resinous white to yellowish timber of any of numerous trees of the genus Pinus

diffuse collapse: spread out; not concentrated in one place; "a large diffuse organization"; lacking conciseness; "a diffuse historical novel"; move outward; "The soldiers fanned out"

torn collapse: disrupted by the pull of contrary forces; "torn between love and hate"; "torn by conflicting loyalties"; "torn by religious dissensions"

madly collapse: (used as intensives) extremely; "she was madly in love"; "deadly dull"; "deadly earnest"; "deucedly clever"; "insanely jealous"; in a desperate manner; "she fought back madly"

languish collapse: become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

poop out collapse: use up all one's strength and energy and stop working; "At the end of the march, I pooped out"

unstrung collapse: emotionally upset; "the incident left him unstrung and incapable of rational effort"

silence collapse: the absence of sound; "he needed silence in order to sleep"; "the street was quiet"; the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking); "there was a shocked silence"; "he gestured for silence"; keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure; "All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power"

furiously collapse: (of the elements) in a wild and stormy manner; "winds were blowing furiously"; in an impassioned or very angry manner; "she screamed furiously at her tormentors"; in a manner marked by extreme or violent energy; "the boys fought furiously"; "she went peddling furiously up the narrow street"

wilt collapse: causing to become limp or drooping; any plant disease characterized by drooping and shriveling; usually caused by parasites attacking the roots; become limp; "The flowers wilted"; lose strength; "My opponent was wilting"

crush collapse: the act of crushing; a dense crowd of people; break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"; become injured, broken, or distorted by pressure; "The plastic bottle crushed against the wall"; humiliate or depress completely; "She was crushed by his refusal of her invitation"; "The death of her son smashed her"

dwindling collapse: a becoming gradually less; "there is no greater sadness that the dwindling away of a family"; gradually decreasing until little remains

retrograde collapse: of amnesia; affecting time immediately preceding trauma; moving from east to west on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in a direction opposite to that of the Earth; going from better to worse; go back over; "retrograde arguments"; move back; "The glacier retrogrades"; move in a direction contrary to the usual one; "retrograding planets"; move backward in an orbit, of celestial bodies

imperfect collapse: not perfect; defective or inadequate; "had only an imperfect understanding of his responsibilities"; "imperfect mortals"; "drainage here is imperfect"

unnerved collapse: deprived of courage and strength; "the steeplejack, exhausted and unnerved, couldn't hold on to his dangerous perch much longer"

tumble collapse: an acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end; do gymnastics, roll and turn skillfully; suffer a sudden downfall, overthrow, or defeat; put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"; fall suddenly and sharply; "Prices tumbled after the devaluation of the currency"; throw together in a confused mass; "They tumbled the teams with no apparent pattern"; roll over and over, back and forth; fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

ablate collapse: remove an organ or bodily structure; wear away through erosion or vaporization

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