Used in a Sentence

collapsed

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for collapsed.

Editorial note

This means it is inherently open to being collapsed by a powerful actor that has the resources and will to attack.

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Quick take

folded compactly

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of collapsed gathered in one view.

adjective

folded compactly

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for collapsed.

adjective

folded compactly

Example sentences

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This means it is inherently open to being collapsed by a powerful actor that has the resources and will to attack.

2

Then it tripled in the boom, and has collapsed since then but is still about twice over trendline.

3

Everyone collapsed, whether they were big, small, hedged or otherwise not directly affected by the collapse in oil price.

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Another big co-op in Montreal collapsed, after being widely used for years by the non profit community.

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Free agency changed everything in sports, and Hollywood's studio system collapsed when stars realized how much power they had.

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On Nov 15, a subway tunnel under construction collapsed in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, killing 17 people.

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If Greece had collapsed in 2010, the rest of Europe would have been hurt somewhat badly.

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The Roman economy was based on slavery, it collapsed when they ran out of slaves.

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I mean, if Greece's local canning industry had collapsed they would be buying foreign canned goods and everything (at least on the consumer side) could continue undisturbed.

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But this is no more, only after public shaming did the Googles/Facebooks chip in money for OpenSSL and GnuPG when those projects almost collapsed.

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They collapsed because their civilizational business model started generating negative marginal returns.

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Even the de minimis doctrine for music sampling has now collapsed.

Quote examples

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" The word "tilt-up" was a link to Wikipedia[1], which article includes the section Risks: " In the wake of the 2011 Joplin tornado in which seven people were killed in a Home Depot when the 100,000 pounds (45 t) panel walls collapsed after the store was hit by an EF5 tornado, engineers in an article published in The Kansas City Star criticized the practice.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use collapsed in a sentence?

This means it is inherently open to being collapsed by a powerful actor that has the resources and will to attack.

What does collapsed mean?

folded compactly

What part of speech is collapsed?

collapsed is commonly used as adjective.