Collapse and Lapse

Collapse

Collapse noun - A complete depletion of energy or strength.

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Lapse and collapse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lapse" instead the word "Collapse" as a noun or a verb.

Lapse noun - A change in status for the worse usually temporarily.

Usage example: the scandal caused the president to suffer a dramatic lapse in popularity

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Collapse and lapse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead the word "Lapse" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: lapsed, lapsing, lapsus

complete	complete collapse	complete lapse
certain	certain collapse	certain lapse
moral	moral collapse	moral lapse
major	major collapse	major lapse
Other adjectives: mental, apparent, temporary, subsequent, eventual, recent, dimensional.

Heroic B.S.O.D.: Booster Gold has a complete emotional collapse in the first issue when Skeets first begins to lapse in his historical knowledge.

Source: Comic Book / 52

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