collapse

collapse
kə'læps
verb
1) (to fall down and break into pieces: The bridge collapsed under the weight of the traffic.) falle/bryte sammen
2) ((of a person) to fall down especially unconscious, because of illness, shock etc: She collapsed with a heart attack.) falle sammen, kollapse
3) (to break down, fail: The talks between the two countries have collapsed.) bryte sammen
4) (to fold up or to (cause to) come to pieces (intentionally): Do these chairs collapse?) slå(s) sammen
I
subst. \/kəˈlæps\/
1) (medisin) kollaps, sammenbrudd
a nervous collapse
et nervøst sammenbrudd
2) (handel) krakk, fall, sammenbrudd, svikt, ras
3) (overført) sammenbrudd, fiasko, ruin
the collapse of the plans
sammenbruddet i planene
II
verb \/kəˈlæps\/
1) kollapse, falle sammen, bryte sammen, klappe sammen, få et sammenbrudd
collapse with laughter
knekke sammen av latter
2) (medisin) kollabere, besvime
Sue collapsed when she heard the terrible news
3) (handel) bryte sammen, svikte, kollapse
the price of steel collapsed
4) slå feil, mislykkes
our plans collapsed
5) slå sammen (f.eks. en stol)

English-Norwegian dictionary. 2013.

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