total collapse
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftotalandcollapse
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total
adjective
uk/ˈtəʊ.təl/us/ˈtoʊ.t̬əl/
including ...
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collapse
noun
uk/kəˈlæps/us/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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(Definition oftotalandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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From here it is but a short step to thetotalcollapseof his argument: maybe money does affect science, but so what?
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These are bold claims in view of the more or lesstotalcollapsein the past of ' little linguist ' models of hypothesis formation and testing.
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All this is of one solid block, and any accidental straying must either be ignored or cause itstotalcollapse.
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This is the way oftotalcollapse.
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Mature collagen with its numerous covalent cross linkages is more resistant to the action of collagenase and so prevents thetotalcollapseof the tissue.
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An industry already in crisis losing 40 % of its capacity is in danger oftotalcollapse.
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He thinks thetotalcollapseof this country's defence is a matter for joking.
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Rural development, which is an important element in agricultural reform, is threatened withtotalcollapse.
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That price can sometimes be thetotalcollapseof the enterprise.
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If we do not have such fundamental support, we shall see atotalcollapsein the whole rural infrastructure.
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I accept that the report offers a description of thetotalcollapseof management control.
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There has been atotalcollapseof what was one of our greatest industries.
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If he continues to do nothing, the strike will drag on, morale will sink still further and the service will facetotalcollapse.
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Between 1975 and 1977 the agency faced and overcame the risk oftotalcollapse.
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They spoke out against what they described as the breakdown of acute hospital services and the almosttotalcollapseof morale in hospitals.
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In doing so, collectively we helped prevent what people were predicting: thetotalcollapseof the world economy.
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One of our major objectives, the euro and its high monetary stability, is at risk oftotalcollapse.
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Perhaps one of the most worrying aspects of the situation is the apparenttotalcollapseof investment in industry.
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Save for atotalcollapseof our financial institutions they will not be subject to the problems associated with the policies issued by speculative companies.
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There is atotalcollapseof our defence policy.
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