Collapse and Siege

Collapse

Collapse noun - A complete depletion of energy or strength.

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

Siege noun - A sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder.

Usage example: a devastating siege of typhoid fever hit the city

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Collapse and siege are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead a noun "Siege".

Nearby Words: sieged, sieging

nasty	nasty collapse	nasty siege
actual	actual collapse	actual siege
entire	entire collapse	entire siege
massive	massive collapse	massive siege
Other adjectives: great, planetary, final, apparent, epic, ongoing, climactic.

In 256AD, a Roman fortress was under siege, and the attackers were tunneling under the fortress wall to either make it collapse or to get the attackers into the fortress.

Source: Big Bulky Bomb
Medieval siege warfare often included attempts by the attackers to undermine enemy walls and cause them to collapse in order to create breaches for the besieging army to exploit.

Source: Dig Attack
Less so with the sequel, Dungeon Siege II, as the original stated that Ehb was formed by the Tenth Legion as they fled the collapse of the Empire of Stars.

Source: Expansion Pack World

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