virtual collapse

collocation in English

meaningsofvirtualandcollapse

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virtual
adjective
uk
/ˈvɜː.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈvɝː.tʃu.əl/
almost a particular thing ...
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collapse
noun
uk
/kəˈlæps/us
/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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(Definition ofvirtualandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofvirtual collapse

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From the mid-1970s, the country experienced economic instability and decline, thevirtualcollapseof its urban industries and rising poverty and unemployment.
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Recent years have seen thevirtualcollapseof both the economy and the close relations between government and business.
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The cut in oil supplies from the old allies was the most important reason for thevirtualcollapseof the economy between 1991 and 1993.
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Now we have thevirtualcollapseof serious film production in this country because of a lack of adequate sources of finance.
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There is a real crisis in schools in mathematics, avirtualcollapsein mathematics teaching in many primary schools.
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During that time those on income support have witnessed thevirtualcollapseof the principle that fathers should be responsible for their children.
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That situation has been made worse by thevirtualcollapseof rural bus services since deregulation.
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Then came the end of that period and the collapse, orvirtualcollapse.
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That resulted in thevirtualcollapseof our indigenous railway manufacturing industry and a dependence on rolling stock manufacturers based abroad.
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In his own words, it came to the point ofvirtualcollapse.
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Above all, while demolition continues at a rapid pace, the housebuilding programme is in a state ofvirtualcollapse.
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But with thevirtualcollapseof the structure of the 1889 church, clearly something has to be done.
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Added to this has been the decline andvirtualcollapseof many national agricultural research organisations.
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We have seen thevirtualcollapseof manufacturing in the regions.
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An example of that is thevirtualcollapseof this country's public services.
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It was thevirtualcollapseof the shipbuilding industry.
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I am also keenly conscious of the disastrous policies which caused thevirtualcollapseof new housebuilding in 1973 and from which it will take time to recover.
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This has been combined with the erosion, and in some casesvirtualcollapse, of services on which most people depend, including water and sanitation services, healthcare and education.
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