Verb

(collaps)

To fall down suddenly; to cave in

* Maunder

A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it.

To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely

Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse .

To fold compactly

(cricket) For several batsmen to get out in quick succession

To cause something to collapse.

Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.

To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint

The exhausted singer collapsed onstage and had to be taken to the hospital.

Verb

(en verb)

(label) To vanish.

(label) To make vanish.

* {{quote-book, year=1973, author=Joseph Heller, chapter=38 Kid Sister

, title= Catch 22: A Dramatization , genre=Fiction, publisher=Delacorte Press, passage="Did they disappear' him?" / "I don’t know." / "What will you do if they decide to ' disappear you?"}}

(label) To go away; to become lost.

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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=8 , passage=I corralled the judge, and we started off across the fields

*{{quote-book, year=1927, author= F. E. Penny

, chapter=4, title= Pulling the Strings , passage=A turban and loincloth soaked in blood had been found; also a staff. These properties were known to have belonged to a toddy drawer. He had disappeared .}}