danger of collapse
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdangerandcollapse
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danger
noun
uk/ˈdeɪn.dʒər/us/ˈdeɪn.dʒɚ/
the possibility of harm or death ...
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collapse
noun
uk/kəˈlæps/us/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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(Definition ofdangerandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The latter survey shed light on the fact that care-givers were often isolated from society, and suggested that their heavy burdens could put their families indangerofcollapse.
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There was a moment when the whole thing looked as if it was indangerofcollapse.
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Will he continue that excellent support by providing help where craft centres, in the present economic climate, are in somedangerofcollapse?
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That fact does not indicate that the system is in imminentdangerofcollapse.
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I can foresee mining engineers and lawyers arguing for years over whether thedangerofcollapsein any particular case is imminent.
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It says that many of the country's 150,000 miles of sewers are indangerofcollapse.
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This position does not contradict the perception that the stock is indangerofcollapse.
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A critical question would be whether it could be shown that his business was in realdangerofcollapse.
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After all, when a building is indangerofcollapsewe shore it up.
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Clause 8(3)(a)gives an authority power to carry out works where there is "imminent"dangerofcollapse.
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It is not a monument indangerofcollapsebecause one or two pieces of the brickwork have been removed.
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I fear, is indangerofcollapsebecause of insufficient funds.
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The fish stocks are indangerofcollapse.
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The backlog is so great that the whole system of children's hearings is indangerofcollapseunless there are considerable added resources.
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The cash flow problem, for example, is so acute in many industries that many firms are in seriousdangerofcollapse.
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The system really is in somedangerofcollapse.
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Our open, universal system is already indangerofcollapse.
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There was no suggestion that that essential fabric was indangerofcollapse.
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If they do not, the system will be indangerofcollapse.
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Basements under some of the internal roadways are indangerofcollapseunder the weight of traffic.
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