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semicollapsed

semicollapsed adjective: partially collapsed.

Adjective

semicollapsed (not comparable)

  1. Partially collapsed.
    • The next town east, Colgan, is littered with semicollapsed houses and rusting automobiles; an older man I spotted working on some kind of machine in his yard told me there were six residents left.2015 August 6, Richard Rubin, “In North Dakota, Boom, Bust and Oil”, in New York Times

Origin of semicollapsed

From semi- + collapsed.

Questions about semicollapsed

What does semicollapsed mean?
Semicollapsed means partially collapsed.
What part of speech is semicollapsed?
Semicollapsed is an adjective.

Words near semicollapsed in the dictionary

  1. semicoercive
  2. semicoherent
  3. semicoke
  4. semicokes
  5. semicola
  6. semicollapsed
  7. semicollapsible
  8. semicollared hawk
  9. semicollared hawks
  10. semicollegial
  11. semicollegiate

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