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fall in collapse: to take one's place in a military formation or line; "Troops fall in!"

capsize collapse: overturn accidentally; "Don't rock the boat or it will capsize!"

keel over collapse: turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over"

careen collapse: move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"

sprawl collapse: an ungainly posture with arms and legs spread about; sit or lie with one's limbs spread out; go, come, or spread in a rambling or irregular way; "Branches straggling out quite far"

flounder collapse: any of various European and non-European marine flatfish; flesh of any of various American and European flatfish; behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

founder collapse: a person who founds or establishes some institution; "George Washington is the father of his country"; a worker who makes metal castings; stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"; sink below the surface

break down collapse: collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack; make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"; cause to fall or collapse; lose control of one's emotions; "When she heard that she had not passed the exam, she lost it completely"; "When her baby died, she snapped"

stumble collapse: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"; miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"; walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"; encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

lurch collapse: an unsteady uneven gait; the act of moving forward suddenly; abrupt up-and-down motion (as caused by a ship or other conveyance); "the pitching and tossing was quite exciting"; a decisive defeat in a game (especially in cribbage); defeat by a lurch; move abruptly; "The ship suddenly lurched to the left"; move slowly and unsteadily; "The truck lurched down the road"

subvert collapse: destroy completely; "we must not let our civil liberties be subverted by the current crisis"

stammer collapse: a speech disorder involving hesitations and involuntary repetitions of certain sounds

tilt collapse: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"; a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"; charge with a tilt

spread eagle collapse: a skating figure executed with the skates heel to heel in a straight line; an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States

supinate collapse: turn (the hand or forearm) so that the back is downward or backward, or turn out (the leg)

overturn collapse: an improbable and unexpected victory; "the biggest upset since David beat Goliath"; turn from an upright or normal position; "The big vase overturned"; "The canoe tumped over"; cause to overturn from an upright or normal position; "The cat knocked over the flower vase"; "the clumsy customer turned over the vase"; "he tumped over his beer"

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"

turn over collapse: do business worth a certain amount of money; "The company turns over ten million dollars a year"

totter collapse: move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table"

stagger collapse: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"; astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"; walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"; walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

hew collapse: strike with an axe; cut down, strike; "hew an oak"; make or shape as with an axe; "hew out a path in the rock"

demolish collapse: defeat soundly; "The home team demolished the visitors"; destroy completely; "the wrecking ball demolished the building"; "demolish your enemies"; "pulverize the rebellion before it gets out of hand"

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