Collapse and Open

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Collapse

Collapse verb - To reduce in size or volume by or as if by pressing parts or members together.
Usage example: the novel collapses events from four separate trips into one long odyssey
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Open is an antonym for collapse.
Nearby Words: collapsed, collapsing, collapsible, collapsable

Open

Open verb - To change from a closed to an open position.
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Collapse is an antonym for open.
Nearby Words: opening, openness, opened, opener
Similar words of collapse

Similar words of open

Common collocations

point collapse point open point
way collapse way open way
level collapse level open level
gate collapse gate open gate
Other words: hole, roof, wormhole.

Both words in one sentence

  • Fission Mailed And if you escape, you collapse from the malaria and open your bottle of meds, only to find that it's empty and collapse on the ground.
    Source: Fission Mailed
  • You Are in Command Now Lord Rodrick and his brother Asher are ambushed by Whitehill soldiers and hold a gate open together, but it will collapse without both of them.
    Source: You Are in Command Now
  • Schrödinger : It's a superposition of both states until you open it and collapse the wave function.
    Source: Genius Bonus / Western Animation
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Open and Collapse. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/collapse/open
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Open or Collapse. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/collapse/open.

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