Collapse and Recession

Collapse

Collapse noun - A complete depletion of energy or strength.

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

Recession noun - A period of decreased economic activity.

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Collapse and recession are semantically related in reversal of action topic. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead a noun "Recession".

Nearby Words: recede, recess, recessive, recessed, recessing

nasty	nasty collapse	nasty recession
massive	massive collapse	massive recession
great	great collapse	great recession
civil	civil collapse	civil recession
Other adjectives: major, inevitable, subsequent, recent, economic, financial, global, ongoing.

Irony: Because of the huge market now opened up to British industry and the collapse of international finance, the Thatcher government presides over a boom in the North and a recession in the South, the opposite of what happened in real life.

Source: Literature / Arose From Out The Azure Main
If he succeeded in just making it winter all year long, the entire northern hemisphere's soil would become completely infertile, causing rampant starvation and the worst global economic recession in all of history (and the education system would collapse as well).

Source: Analysis / Recess: School's Out

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