Collapses
Encounters and collapses are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Encounters" instead a noun "Collapses".
Encounters
Collapses and encounters are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Collapses" instead a noun "Encounters".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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If NetHack encounters a fatal bug, the last messages it gives you are "Oops...", followed by "Suddenly, the dungeon collapses."
Source: Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies -
The plan encounters some problems with poorly staged fake fighting and the punks forgetting their lines, and the entire plan collapses when they all stumble across a real gang and their Humongous Mecha.
Source: Anime / Saber Marionette J -
Waking Up at the Morgue: In the season three episode "Close Encounters", Carter mispronounces a lounge singer who collapses on stage and she later wakes up in the morgue, screams her head off, falls off the slab and proceeds to get a concussion.
Source: Series / Picket Fences
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