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buckle

v. fold or collapse; "His knees buckled"

tumble, collapse, break down, crumble

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

draw, cockle, knit, pucker, rumple

v. to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips"

flag, swag, sag, droop, loll

v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

break, bust, cause to break

v. ruin completely; "He busted my radio!"

fall

v. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

collapse, cave in, founder, give way, fall in

v. break down, literally or metaphorically; "The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"

fall, come down, go down, descend

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

crunch, grind, bray, mash, comminute

v. reduce to small pieces or particles by pounding or abrading; "grind the spices in a mortar"; "mash the garlic"

crush, break into pieces

v. break into small pieces; "The car crushed the toy"

crush, break down

v. make ineffective; "Martin Luther King tried to break down racial discrimination"

grind, grate

v. make a grating or grinding sound by rubbing together; "grate one's teeth in anger"

tumble, topple

v. fall down, as if collapsing; "The tower of the World Trade Center tumbled after the plane hit it"

conk, faint, swoon, pass out

v. pass out from weakness, physical or emotional distress due to a loss of blood supply to the brain

weather

v. change under the action or influence of the weather; "A weathered old hut"

fall apart, crumble

v. break or fall apart into fragments; "The cookies crumbled"; "The Sphinx is crumbling"

fold, turn up, fold up

v. bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

pinch, crimp

v. make ridges into by pinching together

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