Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Verb
S: (v) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder (break down, literally or metaphorically) "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
S: (v) abandon, give up (stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims) "He abandoned the thought of asking for her hand in marriage"; "Both sides have to give up some claims in these negotiations"
W: (n) collapse [Related to: collapse] (a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures))
W: (n) collapse [Related to: collapse] (a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in) "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity"
W: (n) cave in [Related to: cave in] (the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it)