Collapse
Fracture
Fracture verb - To cause to separate into pieces usually suddenly or forcibly.
Collapse and fracture are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead a verb "Fracture".
Nearby Words: fractured, fracturing
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| full | full collapse | full fracture |
| massive | massive collapse | massive fracture |
| mental | mental collapse | mental fracture |
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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When discussing the merits of having an heir, Cocytus makes it clear that without a master to serve, the denizens of Nazarick would fracture into independent groups or collapse into civil war.
Source: Light Novel / Overlord -
So, unlike the movie's explanation that the cause of the collapse was never determined, in actuality it was discovered to be a micro-fracture that developed over time, exacerbated by heavy traffic, that caused a sequential bridge failure.
Source: Film / The Mothman Prophecies -
She was put in an assassin program where she was forced to watch humanity's evil deeds: rape, murder, genocide, etc... She has the power to fracture/alter reality and wants to use the Earth as the center of a black hole to implode and collapse the entire multiverse.
Source: Omnicidal Maniac
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Fracture and Collapse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/collapse/fracture
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