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COLLAPSE

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collapse I. substantiv

1. (şi fig.) prăbuşire; cădere;

collapse of a cabinet căderea unui guvern / a unui cabinet.

2. dărâmare, surpare; lăsare; dezumflare.

3. (med.) colaps (extenuare, slăbire, pierdere rapidă a forţelor, fără sincopă).

4. naufragiu.

5. pieire, ruină; crah, eşec, nereuşită;

collapse of negociations întrerupere sau eşecul negocierilor;

collapsed plans năruirea planurilor.

collapse II. verb A. intranzitiv

1. a se nărui, a se prăbusi, a cădea, a se lăsa.

2. a slăbi mult, a fi istovit / extenuat.

3. a se pierde cu firea.

4. (despre o antrepriză, planuri etc.) a suferi un eşec sau un crah.

5. a se turti, a se strânge, a se împături, a se îndesa.

collapse II. verb B. tranzitiv

a dărâma, a face să se prăbuşească.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

“Sit down, Berks!” cried my uncle, with such a tone of command that the fellow collapsed into his chair.

(Rodney Stone, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The breath was leaving his lungs and his chest was collapsing under my weight.

(The Sea-Wolf, de Jack London)

I left him collapsed in the chair.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The next the whole frame collapsed again, and Holmes had gone as quickly as he had come.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The collapse had come, as on former occasion, just as I had expected.

(Dracula, de Bram Stoker)

If Horner were in danger it would be another thing; but this fellow will not appear against him, and the case must collapse.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Batabulin covalently binds to and selectively modifies the beta 1, beta 2, beta 3, and beta 4 isotypes of beta tubulin at a conserved cysteine residue, resulting in disruption of microtubule polymerization, collapse of the cytoskeleton, an increase in chromosomal ploidy, cell cycle arrest, and tumor cell apoptosis.

(Batabulin Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

Sometimes called a collapsed lung.

(Atelectasis, NCI Dictionary)

Red-Cap, however, quickly fetched great stones with which they filled the wolf’s belly, and when he awoke, he wanted to run away, but the stones were so heavy that he collapsed at once, and fell dead.

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Martin watched his long figure go down the outside steps, and, on turning to close the gate, noted with a pang the shoulders, which had once been broad, drawn in now over, the collapsed ruin of the chest.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

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