This weary man is about to collapse from thirst.

She collapsed in tears.

The report warns of the dangers of a collapse in house prices.

He collapsed from loss of blood.

The peace talks have completely collapsed.

Several buildings collapsed due to flooding.

The safe zone collapsed during the war.

Matthew Arnold first used the term 'zeitgeist' in 1848 in English to describe the social unrest and moral collapse of Victorian England.

The Soviet Union has collapsed and vanished before our very eyes.

Rescue teams in the Turkish port city of Izmir are hunting through the rubble of collapsed buildings for survivors.

Previous attempts to establish a ceasefire have collapsed amid accusations of bad faith from both sides.