Webster's 1828 Dictionary
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COLLAPSE, verb intransitive To fall together, as the two sides of a vessel; to close by falling together; as, the fine canals or vessels of the body collapse in old age.
COLLAPSE, verb intransitive To fall together, as the two sides of a vessel; to close by falling together; as, the fine canals or vessels of the body collapse in old age.