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Plural of collapse

regular plural

The plural of collapse is collapses.

Forms of collapse

Singularcollapse /kəˈlæps/
Pluralcollapses
Countablecountable and uncountable

Collapses in a sentence

  • Transport facilities in Bangkok are not sufficient to prevent frequent traffic collapses during rush hour.From the entry facility
  • A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon.From the entry straw
  • The solution collapses the non essential veins and the body reroutes the blood flow.2026 July 12, u/MacaronNotRoon, r/oddlysatisfying (Reddit post), archived from the original on 12 Jul 2026. From the entry non
  • Alone and gut-shot, Eddie staggers to a church, seeking sanctuary and salvation, but collapses on the steps.2011, Adam Shand, Big Shots: Inside Melbourne's Gangland Wars, →ISBN, page iii. From the entry gut-shot
  • As civilization collapses, we will see an increase in male-pattern violence.2011, Derrick Jensen, Aric McBay, Lierre Keith, Deep Green Resistance: Strategy to Save the Planet. From the entry male pattern violence

Meaning of collapse

  1. verb To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
  2. verb To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely.
  3. verb To fold compactly.

Full definition of collapse

Questions about the plural of collapse

What is the plural of collapse?
The plural of collapse is collapses.
Is collapse countable?
Collapse is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: collapse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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