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slipping collapse: moving as on a slippery surface; "his slipping and slithering progress over the ice"

moribund collapse: being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"

hopeless collapse: (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"; without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"; certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"; of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics"

reinstatement collapse: the act of restoring someone to a previous position; "we insisted on the reinstatement of the colonel"; the condition of being reinstated; "her reinstatement to her former office followed quickly"

tasting collapse: taking a small amount into the mouth to test its quality; "cooking was fine but it was the savoring that he enjoyed most"; a small amount (especially of food or wine)

sailing collapse: the departure of a vessel from a port; riding in a sailboat

decadent collapse: a person who has fallen into a decadent state (morally or artistically); marked by excessive self-indulgence and moral decay; "a decadent life of excessive money and no sense of responsibility"; "a group of effete self-professed intellectuals"

rehabilitation collapse: the restoration of someone to a useful place in society; the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises; vindication of a person's character and the re-establishment of that person's reputation

drunkenness collapse: a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol

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

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

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"

sinking collapse: a slow fall or decline (as for lack of strength); "after several hours of sinking an unexpected rally rescued the market"; "he could not control the sinking of his legs"; a descent as through liquid (especially through water); "they still talk about the sinking of the Titanic"; a feeling caused by uneasiness or apprehension; "with a sinking heart"; "a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach"

dying collapse: in or associated with the process of passing from life or ceasing to be; "a dying man"; "his dying wish"; "a dying fire"; "a dying civilization"

reclamation collapse: the recovery of useful substances from waste products; rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children"; the conversion of wasteland into land suitable for use of habitation or cultivation

restitution collapse: getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"; the act of restoring something to its original state

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

terminal collapse: station where transport vehicles load or unload passengers or goods; a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves; electronic equipment consisting of a device providing access to a computer; has a keyboard and display; causing or ending in or approaching death; "a terminal patient"; "terminal cancer"; relating to or occurring in a term or fixed period of time; "terminal examinations"; "terminal payments"; of or relating to or situated at the ends of a delivery route; "freight pickup is a terminal service"; "terminal charges"

going collapse: advancing toward a goal; "persuading him was easy going"; "the proposal faces tough sledding"

relapse collapse: go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

draining collapse: having a debilitating effect; "an exhausting job in the hot sun"

worsening collapse: changing something with the result that it becomes worse; changing for the worse; "worried by the worsening storm"

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