| VERB | motion | cave in, collapse, fall in, give, give way, break, founder | break down, literally or metaphorically |
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| NOUN | event | cave in, subsidence | the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it |
| Meaning | The sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it. | |
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| Synonym | subsidence | |
| Broader | collapse | A natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in |
| Spanish | derrumbamiento, derrumbe, hundimiento, subsidencia | |
| Catalan | esfondrament, esllavissament | |
| Verbs | cave in | break down, literally or metaphorically |
| Meaning | break down, literally or metaphorically. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | collapse, fall in, give, give way, break, founder | |
| Caused by | collapse, burst | Cause to burst |
| Narrower | break | curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves |
| buckle, crumple | Fold or collapse | |
| flop | fall loosely | |
| implode, go off | Burst inward / inward | |
| slump, slide down, sink | fall or sink heavily | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Similar to | abandon, give up | stop maintaining or insisting on |
| collapse, burst | Cause to burst | |
| Spanish | caer, ceder, colapsar, derrumbarse, desplomarse, desplomar, irse a pique, romperse | |
| Catalan | desplomar | |
| Nouns | cave in | the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it |
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