imminent collapse

collocation in English

meaningsofimminentandcollapse

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imminent
adjective
uk
/ˈɪm.ɪ.nənt/us
/ˈɪm.ə.nənt/
coming or likely to happen ...
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collapse
noun
uk
/kəˈlæps/us
/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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(Definition ofimminentandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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By the late 1970s theimminentcollapseof the henequen industry made it clear that the state had to diversify its economic activities.
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Let the slightest pressure be put upon our ancient fabric, and it creaks with premonitions ofimminentcollapse.
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What we are discussing is how we progress the devolutionary process by agreement, not by threats ofimminentcollapseor refusal of responsibility.
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The emergency grants scheme is designed to deal with pressing structural instabilities threateningimminentcollapse.
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I recently met representatives of providers in my constituency, who warned of theimminentcollapseof the service that they provide.
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Is the country in danger ofimminentcollapse?
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We should not talk of threats ofimminentcollapseand the withdrawal of powers.
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I have no evidence whatever of anyimminentcollapsein provision in that area.
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Some have cried wolf, and whenever a trade dispute breaks out, some people prophesy theimminentcollapseof our trading systems.
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He had summoned it to deal, as exists now, with animminentcollapse.
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I am not one of those who foresee theimminentcollapseof the family as the cornerstone of our society.
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It is no exaggeration to say that the provision of apprenticeships facesimminentcollapsein some areas.
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Thousands of businesses faceimminentcollapse, and many need cash help now.
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What has been a haven for an important local fleet is threatened by theimminentcollapseof the pier.
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The travel trade expectedimminentcollapse.
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The picture now is not of animminentcollapsein the secondary banking system, but a crisis of more gigantic proportions—the collapse of the primary banks.
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There were no warnings to theimminentcollapse, other than the vehicles had been filling up using pumps outside of its depot.
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The character is only connected to theimminentcollapseof his civilisation.
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They ran out of the money needed to meet their immediate obligations and facedimminentcollapse.
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Suddenly, the temple is plunged into darkness and there is general consternation amidst fears of itsimminentcollapse.
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