partial collapse

collocation in English

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partial
adjective
uk
/ˈpɑː.ʃəl/us
/ˈpɑːr.ʃəl/
not ...
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collapse
noun
uk
/kəˈlæps/us
/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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(Definition ofpartialandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It might have been that our industries which are now suffering frompartialcollapsewould have experienced a temporary recovery.
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The structural stability of the property would be seriously affected, resulting in potentialpartialcollapse.
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We know some of the causes of thispartialcollapseof our export trade.
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Sometime in the late 20th century it suffered apartialcollapse, and now is about 30ft m deep.
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The impact of the plane severely damaged the structure of the building and caused itspartialcollapse.
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One of the pillars was damaged, causing apartialcollapseof one corner.
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Thepartialcollapseand indefinite closing of the terminal just before the beginning of summer seriously hurt the airport's business plan.
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In 1984 there was apartialcollapseof the dam prior to its filling.
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In a pair-instability supernova, the pair production effect causes a sudden pressure drop in the star's core, leading to a rapidpartialcollapse.
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Apartialcollapseof the steep-sided growing dome can send pyroclastic flows outward at least 5km mi.
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Scientists believed it was triggered by apartialcollapseof the lava dome.
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The bridge sufferedpartialcollapsein the early summer of 1935 when a portion of the wooden timbers supporting the road deck collapsed, requiring replacement.
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The unity government suffered apartialcollapsein 1995.
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Hydrogen-fusing cores should create large numbers of electronpositron pairs, which drop the thermal pressure present within the star to the point apartialcollapseoccurs.
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During the winter of 1991, ice built up on the roof and in drainpipes, leading to thepartialcollapseof an exterior wall.
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Each eruption is part of an eruptive cycle that climaxes with thepartialcollapseof the roof of the volcano's partially emptied magma chamber.
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The school had previously experienced apartialcollapsein 2000, but it was rebuilt.
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It was restored in the nineteenth century, although some damage in recent years has resulted in thepartialcollapseof the south side wall.
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Unstable rock under landfills such as limestone may yield during an earthquake, leading to apartialcollapseof the fill.
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