sudden collapse
collocation in Englishmeaningsofsuddenandcollapse
These words are often used together. Click on the links below to explore the meanings. Or,see other collocations withcollapse.
sudden
adjective
uk/ˈsʌd.ən/us/ˈsʌd.ən/
happening or done quickly and ...
See more atsudden
collapse
noun
uk/kəˈlæps/us/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
See more atcollapse
(Definition ofsuddenandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofsudden collapse
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
The shockwave formed by thissuddencollapsecauses the rest of the star to explode in a supernova.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Thissuddencollapseof bubbles constitutes a phenomenon of cavitation which results in a release of large amount of energy.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This paper explores the reasons for the ' disastrous failure andsuddencollapse',10 examining contemporary evidence and subsequent accounts.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Prospective recording is useful in those with presyncope, but of no benefit in patients withsuddencollapse, who do not have warning to enable them to activate the recorder.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Like me, he was caught unawares by thesuddencollapseof our business this morning.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Suddencollapseis rare, although it is not unknown and has to be reckoned with.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There was no need for thatsuddencollapseof prices in the spring and summer of 1920.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The soldier died as the result of asuddencollapsesome days later.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
What did asuddencollapsein the stock market matter?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The tremor was caused by thesuddencollapseof an abandoned salt mine.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That is why you have had nosuddencollapsein exchange rates.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
I do not believe that it would lead to thesuddencollapseof the liquidity of our pension fund or put other benefits at risk.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
They will support or underpin our market prices and prevent anysuddencollapsefrom undue pressures from imports.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Suffering all the agonies of weariness and hunger, he has asuddencollapseof morale.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
There cannot have been asuddencollapsein our education system to explain youth unemployment.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
Perhaps the world economic crisis will not come to a head in thesuddencollapseof a major debtor nation.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We all agree that thesuddencollapseof the pound has increased the financial burden placed upon our country of maintaining those troops overseas.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
The fear in late 1987 and early 1988 was of a recession because nobody knew how the real economy would respond to thesuddencollapseof the financial markets.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
On the contrary, we shall either see a steady and continuing decline in the international oil industry combined with sagging and soft prices, or asuddencollapsein prices.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
One is the fear of asuddencollapseof a raw material market, and the other is an anxiety about—let us be frank— the business morality of the indigenous traders.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
Want to learn more?
Go to the definition ofsudden
Go to the definition ofcollapse
See other collocations withcollapse