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devastate collapse: overwhelm or overpower; "He was devastated by his grief when his son died"

vandalize collapse: destroy wantonly, as through acts of vandalism; "vandalize the park"

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"

incinerate collapse: become reduced to ashes; "The paper incinerated quickly"

condemn collapse: declare or judge unfit; "The building was condemned by the inspector"; express strong disapproval of; "We condemn the racism in South Africa"; "These ideas were reprobated"; demonstrate the guilt of (someone); "Her strange behavior condemned her"; compel or force into a particular state or activity; "His devotion to his sick wife condemned him to a lonely existence"

devour collapse: eat greedily; "he devoured three sandwiches"; eat immoderately; "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"; destroy completely; "Fire had devoured our home"; enjoy avidly; "She devoured his novels"

gobble collapse: the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock; make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys; eat hastily without proper chewing; "Don't bolt your food!"

wrack collapse: dried seaweed especially that cast ashore; the destruction or collapse of something; "wrack and ruin"

consume collapse: engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"; serve oneself to, or consume regularly; "Have another bowl of chicken soup!"; "I don't take sugar in my coffee"; use up (resources or materials); "this car consumes a lot of gas"; "We exhausted our savings"; "They run through 20 bottles of wine a week"; spend extravagantly; "waste not, want not"; destroy completely; "The fire consumed the building"

dissolve collapse: (film) a gradual transition from one scene to the next; the next scene is gradually superimposed as the former scene fades out; declare void; "The President dissolved the parliament and called for new elections"; come to an end; "Their marriage dissolved"; "The tobacco monopoly broke up"; bring the association of to an end or cause to break up; "The decree officially dissolved the marriage"; "the judge dissolved the tobacco company"; become or cause to become soft or liquid; "The sun melted the ice"; "the ice thawed"; "the ice cream melted"; "The heat melted the wax"; "The giant iceberg dissolved over the years during the global warming phase"; "dethaw the meat"; pass into a solution; "The sugar quickly dissolved in the coffee"; cause to go into a solution; "The recipe says that we should dissolve a cup of sugar in two cups of water"; become weaker; "The sound faded out"; cause to fade away; "dissolve a shot or a picture"; lose control emotionally; "She dissolved into tears when she heard that she had lost all her savings in the pyramid scheme"; cause to lose control emotionally; "The news dissolved her into tears"

ravage collapse: (usually plural) a destructive action; "the ravages of time"; "the depredations of age and disease"

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