final collapse
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffinalandcollapse
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final
adjective
uk/ˈfaɪ.nəl/us/ˈfaɪ.nəl/
last:
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collapse
noun
uk/kəˈlæps/us/kəˈlæps/
the sudden failure of a system, organization, ...
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(Definition offinalandcollapsefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoffinal collapse
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Since the 1980s, much effort has been made to understand the geodynamic evolution of mountain belts, from the convergent phase to theirfinalcollapse.
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The information that came to us up to quite a short time before thefinalcollapsewas consistently optimistic.
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That must surely herald thefinalcollapseof the system.
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I do not believe that we ought to view the current situation as afinalcollapseof civilisation.
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I am aware of the serious position of the creditors and of what afinalcollapseof the company would mean.
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We fear that the whole arch, far from being triumphal, is crumbling and that some of the measures proposed today may provoke afinalcollapse.
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Just before afinalcollapse, through large grants and loans introduced at vast public expense, the houses were restored, and in fact 12 families now live in them.
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However, proceedings in magistrates' courts registered thefinalcollapseof large numbers of working-class marriages whose spouses never secured licences from the superior courts to marry again.
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His tenure coincided with thefinalcollapseof the island's population.
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Reddish matter, believed to have been ejected from the original star before itsfinalcollapse, is visible in images.
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There is no means of avoiding thefinalcollapseof a boom brought about by credit expansion.
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A serious wound led to his evacuation by air before thefinalcollapseof the 6.
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For a long time, they would remember the utter devastation that accompanied thefinalcollapseof their short-lived kingdom.
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These earth pyramids are not static, they are constantly evolving, because their life cycle foresees a continuous erosion, or even afinalcollapseleaving room for new formations.
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