Collapsing

Word COLLAPSING
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Definitions and meanings of "Collapsing"

What do we mean by collapsing?

To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.

To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.

To fold compactly.

To hide additional directory (folder) levels below the selected directory (folder) levels. When a folder contains no additional folders, a minus sign (-) appears next to the folder.

For several batsmen to get out in quick succession

To cause something to collapse.

To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint.

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The word "collapsing" in example sentences

The four frame pic showing the red hotel collapsing is epic. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Friends and neighbors are collapsing from the stress when they can ill afford it. ❋ Michelle Kraus (2010)

When the welfare states begin collapsing, thing may very well evolve in that direction. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Tan Zuoren, a literary editor and environmentalist who was creating an archive of children killed in collapsing schools, was arrested in March 2009 on charges of subverting state authority, according to Amnesty International. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The image of the Twin Towers collapsing is the sort of thing that excites terrorsist and givesthem an icon of victory as a gas attack would not. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As long as it is possible to collapse a building by excessive stresses (which it is), the notion that they were intentionally blown up as part of a government involvment in collapsing them is very absurd to me. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Bush's numbers on Iraq are just plain collapsing: For the first time since the war in Iraq began, more than half of the American public believes the fight there has not made the United States safer, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll .... ❋ Unknown (2005)

So in collapsing the distinction between these two type of explanations and treating them as alternatives, Dawkins is committing a type error in explanation. ❋ Unknown (2005)

He seems to look for the free lane to the quarterback too much, but if he can get more forceful with his hands, Spears would have better success in collapsing the pocket. ❋ Unknown (2005)

In fact, a recent report by Technology Business Research analyst Ezra Gottheil noted that Apple's higher-than-average selling prices were holding relatively stable during the current economy, while PC prices are "collapsing" - not exactly good news for those manufacturers. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Faith’s admission "that she’s afeard of herself, sometimes" hints at her role in collapsing the boundaries of Brown’s dichotomized world at the heart of Hawthorne’s story. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The second-biggest crowd of the season, more than four thousand people of both races, howled as Bell and other old-timers got caught in one pickle after another on the basepaths, eluding the tag until collapsing from exhaustion.51 While on the mound, Satch took it easy in the hot Tulsa sun—but so did Feller, Reynolds, and Dean, according to the Tulsa World. ❋ Timothy M. Gay (2010)

Making bank problems even worse is margin shrinkage, namely collapsing net interest margins. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And if sponsored bike races and teams have been collapsing, that is clearly an indicator that bike companies are suffering as well. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2009)

One thing I've been happy as peach pie about -- because I'm all about the children and the happiness of a woman because that makes the happiness of the home -- is that nannies, day cares and babysitters are all collapsing, which is forcing moms and dads to raise their children at home. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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