Collapse
Collapse verb - To fall down or in as a result of physical pressure.
Usage example: the motel balcony collapsed under the weight of so many people
Rise
Rise verb - To become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number.
How words are described
| complete | complete collapse | complete rise |
| actual | actual collapse | actual rise |
| entire | entire collapse | entire rise |
| real | real collapse | real rise |
| Other adjectives: massive, slow, quick, civil, gradual, immediate, general, catastrophic, military, later, inevitable, subsequent, eventual, rapid, recent, sudden, economic, nuclear, global. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
- Though their leader is old and wise enough to know that in the long term almost everything will work out, even if it means waiting for the civilization to collapse and rise again.
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In 0.0, player run empires can rise, deploy stations and collapse through player activity.
Source: Video Game / EVE Online -
Choose Your Path.Four thousand years before the rise of the Galactic Empire, the Republic verges on collapse.
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