Collapse and Mess

Collapse

Collapse noun - A complete depletion of energy or strength.

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Mess and collapse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mess" instead a noun "Collapse".

Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

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Collapse and mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead a noun "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

emotional	emotional collapse	emotional mess
complete	complete collapse	complete mess
utter	utter collapse	utter mess
total	total collapse	total mess
Other adjectives: entire, real, massive, major, general, political, further, subsequent, resulting, ensuing.

Nemesis Prime has to work very hard to make sure his patchwork mess of armies doesn't collapse into this.

Source: Roleplay / Sporum Dimensional Clash
If someone wakes them from their serene inner calm, they'll often spontaneously lose their floaty power, and collapse in an undignified mess on the floor.

Source: Levitating Lotus Position
You can see the mess until it implodes to form a black hole (one has to wonder how many munitions they had and how a star attacked by antimatter and electrons can collapse).

Source: Sci Fi Writers Have / No Sense of Energy

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