Collapsed
Both words in one sentence
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The place seems pretty big, and there are apparently multiple layers of disused dungeons under it, full of forgotten traps, collapsed hallways, and magical experiments let loose.
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One is the remains of the collapsed British Empire which has been reduced to a government in exile operating out of Canada with a very loose alliance with only a few of its former dominions/colonies.
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When the fur trade collapsed, fur farmers turned them loose and they've become quite the destructive pest since, destroying aquatic vegetation, digging out riverbanks and causing collapses, and spreading some rather unpleasant diseases.
Source: Rodents of Unusual Size
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Loose and Collapsed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/collapsed/loose
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