An abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion.
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Examples for "collapse "
1 Last year, auto supporters said an industry collapse would devastate the economy.
2 Officials said the second building was not yet at risk of collapse .
3 There is great concern across Europe about the collapse of bee populations.
4 Aid groups say health services across the country are close to collapse .
5 Progressives anticipated direct government action to address the consequences of economic collapse .
1 There I passed the night, half in sleep, half in helpless prostration .
2 He found the poor distressed mother in a condition of utter prostration .
3 The prostration which had possessed him appeared to vanish in an instant.
4 The crowd as he passed along made lowly prostration before the Image.
5 Look at those Austrians; they've got nervous prostration of the worst sort.
6 The terrible excitement he had undergone had given way to utter prostration .
7 Why, the very names of the people here give me nervous prostration .
8 His attitude had the unconsidered and violent prostration of an overspent dog.
9 As he passed along, the crowd made lowly prostration before the Image.
10 Sometimes he would lie in a state of prostration , like one dead.
11 He was awestruck at the thought of such a surrender-sucha prostration .
12 Every physician knows the intense egotism which often comes with nervous prostration .
13 Symptoms.-Acuteinflammation of stomach and bowels, with great prostration , ending in collapse.
14 Lately we hear much about worry, neurasthenia, nervous prostration and the like.
15 This prostration and sweet unrepining obedience exquisitely touched and flattered George Osborne.
16 As Maggie watched that day beside her friend she felt such prostration .
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Prostration в диалектах
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