complete collapse

collocation in English

meaningsofcompleteandcollapse

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complete
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpliːt/us
/kəmˈpliːt/
very great or to the largest ...
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collapse
noun
uk
/kəˈlæps/us
/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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(Definition ofcompleteandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But it is no less incumbent upon us to exercise vigilance against thecompletecollapseof these spheres into each other.
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We found thecompletecollapseof the standing vortex behind a sphere when the stratification is strong.
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The crisis always brought about either acompletecollapseof money or a sustained price revolution in which wages lagged behind prices and the cost of living rose drastically.
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Astonishing figures have been outlined, which show thecompletecollapseof the public housing sector.
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If there should be acompletecollapseresulting in closure, it could have a detrimental effect on the city.
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The current regime is incompletecollapse, it appears, and we all want to prevent further unnecessary loss of life.
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We could not wash our hands of the whole business and stand aside and watch acompletecollapse.
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It means that in that small area we will get thecompletecollapseof a community—one of the best communities in this country.
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I think that they had to do it to avoidcompletecollapse.
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There is ample evidence to show that unless prompt action is taken there will be acompletecollapseof public transport facilities in rural areas.
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Yet this establishment, with the best record of production per worker in the motor cycle industry, is in danger ofcompletecollapseand closure.
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Any attempt to do that will lead to acompletecollapseof the recovery that we are all nurturing and hoping will grow.
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During the last few months there has been acompletecollapsein prices, and to-day we have to face an entirely different situation.
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That in turn will mean a decrease in services which will mean acompletecollapsein due course.
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His fairly firm and even slightly bombastic talk about the sugar producers never explained thecompletecollapseof the policy in 24 hours.
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It saved the film industry fromcompletecollapse.
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The scale and folly of those presumptions is best illustrated by thecompletecollapseof the stock market over the past three years.
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It caused for a short period practically acompletecollapseof international trade.
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Thecompletecollapseof the labour force, which is down from about 94,000 to 34,000, is another feature of the industry since privatisation.
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What we have now is thecompletecollapseof the 1957 policy.
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