1. collapse
If you don't take a vacation, you'll collapse.
Financial collapse
Layne's Law describes what happens when ideaspace collapses due to bad structural support
This grim origami presents the moment when the twin towers finally collapsed
He was so tired, he just collapsed onto that chair.
Forty people were injured when a floor of a night club in Tenerife collapsed on Sunday.
Move the knob at the side of the seat forwards, collapse the seat.
If there's a big earthquake, the house could really collapse!
If you find someone collapsed on the ground, what should you do first?
The definition of collapse means to cave in, to fall or to break down into pieces when the support to stand is lost. An example of to collapse is someone falling to the ground when their knees give way after the person hears terrible news.
The government is not expected to collapse anytime soon
It was so hot that some people in the city square collapsed
A roof collapse in the early Sunday morning severely damaged a downtown Baton Rouge club.
Many banks closed because of the recent economic collapse.
the collapse of a railway bridge
Englisch Wort "załamanie się"(collapse) tritt in Sätzen auf:
Formal letter: leter of protest2. breakdown
I had a breakdown.
I think you're partly to blame for the negotiation breakdown.
He moved away after the breakdown of his marriage.
There's a breakdown on the line.
breakdown costs
We asked for a breakdown of the accident figures into day time and night time.
If Jane does not rest more, she may have a nervous breakdown.
... awakening sounds better than breakdown, but I assure you,...
This report includes a breakdown of how much each improvement to the office would cost
Tiredness and depression lead to nervous breakdown.
a communications breakdown
We’ll need to see a breakdown of these figures before we sign the contract.
According to experts, the main reason for the breakdown was a lack of progress in services and industry.
Can you prepare a breakdown of sales by product?
electricity breakdown
3. crunch
Their boots crunched loudly on the frozen snow
She could always call her parents when she was in a crunch.
the crunch of feet on snow
I heard the crunch of their feet walking through the crisp snow.
I'm laughing at the people crunched next to him.
to beat the crunch
there was a crunch of gravel outside as Uncle Vernon’s car pulled back into the driveway
I love hearing the crunch of my feet walking through the snow.
Don’t crunch evidence to fit a theory
He heard a crunch in the living room
... indicate that the complexity crunch is only going to...
I crunch through the snow.
The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.