Collapse and Stop

Collapse

Collapse verb - To fall down or in as a result of physical pressure.

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

Stop verb - To bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end.

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Collapse and stop are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collapse" instead a verb "Stop".

Nearby Words: stopped, stopper, stopping, stopover

full	full collapse	full stop
complete	complete collapse	complete stop
instant	instant collapse	instant stop
entire	entire collapse	entire stop
Other adjectives: great, major, near, immediate, abandoned, final, temporary, sudden.

In Dragon Bones, Ward has to kill Oreg, his immortal slave, whom he inherited, and whose life is bound to castle Hurog, in order to make the castle collapse and stop the villains.

Source: Cradling Your Kill
When breaking Varg out of jail in the fourth book, by the time he got to a point where he could collapse, his arms and legs were about to stop working.

Source: Post-Victory Collapse
He is destroyed by Roman Oyra-Oyra just before he could collapse space and stop time.

Source: Literature / Monday Begins on Saturday

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