Collapse
Collapse noun - A complete depletion of energy or strength.
Stagnation and collapse are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Stagnation" instead a noun "Collapse".
Stagnation
Stagnation noun - A state of inactivity (in business or art etc).
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Synonyms for Stagnation
Collapse and stagnation are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead a noun "Stagnation".
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- This dynamic caused the collapse of the Assyrian and Mongol empires, and contributed quite a bit to the Ottoman Empire's stagnation as the "sick man of Europe".
Source: Inadequate Inheritor - All good and fine, but the weird connection between events on Earth and on Tranquilium means that all this resulted in America's general upsurge and the Soviet Union's pre-collapse stagnation, respectively!
Source: Literature / Tranquilium
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