Collapse and Split

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

Split and collapse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Split" instead the word "Collapse" as a verb or a noun.

Split

Split verb - To set or force apart.

Collapse and split are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead the word "Split" as a verb or a noun.

Nearby Words: splice, splitting, splitter

How words are described

physical physical collapse physical split
full full collapse full split
complete complete collapse complete split
nasty nasty collapse nasty split
Other adjectives: actual, entire, acrimonious, massive, great, social, major, planetary, immediate, general, universal, political, final, temporary, later, further, subsequent, said, recent, dimensional.

Common collocations

party collapse party split party
power collapse power split power
thanks collapse thanks split thanks
ground collapse ground split ground
Other words: time, way, universe, game, blood, head, reality, planet, moon, times, points, heads.

Both words in one sentence

  • Comicbook / Atomic Robo Following the collapse of the USSR, it split into several independent cells, among them a super-science Black Market and DELPHI, which specializes in psionic studies.
  • In fact, it's a ultra-nationalist party that was engineered during the collapse of the Soviet Union as a sort of stalking horse for the CPSU and KGB to use to split the liberal vote.
  • Light Novel / Kumo Desu Ga, Nani Ka? Souls can collapse if split into too many parts with skills like Parallel Wills or damaged by Presenting skills; even a being with Immortality will die.
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