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Main Entry:	collapse
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fall apart, break down
Synonyms:	bend, break, crack up, crumple, deflate, disintegrate, droop, drop, exhaust, fail, faint, flag, fold, founder, give, give in, go, go to pieces, keel over, languish, shatter, subside, succumb, tire, topple, weaken, weary, wilt, yield, belly up, cave in, conk out, fall down, flake out, give out, give way
Antonyms:	build, increase, rise

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Main Entry:	pooped
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	tired
Synonyms:	beat, burned out, bushed, collapsing, dead on one's feet, dog-tired, done for, done in, drained, drooping, drowsy, enervated, exhausted, fatigued, fried, out of gas, overworked, played out, run ragged, run-down, shot, sleepy, spent, tuckered out, wasted, weary, worn out

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Main Entry:	tired
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	exhausted, weary
Synonyms:	all in, annoyed, asleep, beat, bored, broken-down, burned out, collapsing, consumed, dead on one's feet, distressed, dog-tired, done for, done in, drained, drooping, droopy, drowsy, empty, enervated, exasperated, fagged, faint, fatigued, fed up, finished, flagging, haggard, irked, irritated, jaded, narcoleptic, overtaxed, overworked, petered out, played out, pooped, prostrated, run-down, sick of, sleepy, spent, stale, tuckered out, wasted, worn, worn out
Antonyms:	activated, active, energized, fired up, fresh, invigorated, refreshed, rested

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Main Entry:	tuckered out
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	worn out
Synonyms:	asleep, beat, burned out, collapsing, dead on one's feet, dog-tired, done for, done in, drained, drooping, droopy, drowsy, enervated, exasperated, exhausted, fatigued, finished, overworked, played out, pooped, pooped, run-down, sleepy, spent, tired, wasted, weary, wiped out, worn out

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Main Entry:	breaking
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	bursting
Synonyms:	crumbling, collapsing, cracking, fracturing, shattering, smashing, splintering, splitting, tearing
Antonyms:	enduring, strong

Main Entry:	crumbling
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	rotting
Synonyms:	breaking, decaying, breaking up, collapsing, disintegrating

Main Entry:	decaying
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	rotting
Synonyms:	crumbling, breaking down, breaking up, collapsing, decomposing, deteriorating, disintegrating, eroding, falling to pieces, oxidizing, rusting, spoiling, wasting away, wearing away

Main Entry:	falling
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	dropping
Synonyms:	crumbling, lowering, sinking, tumbling, abating, collapsing, declining, decreasing, descending, diminishing, ebbing, plunging, settling, sliding, slipping, subsiding, toppling, tottering, weakening
Antonyms:	improving, increasing, rising

Main Entry:	black out
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	faint
Synonyms:	collapse, pass out, swoon, crap out, draw a blank, go out like a light, lose consciousness, slip into coma, zone out
Antonyms:	resuscitate, revive

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Main Entry:	buckle
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	contort, warp
Synonyms:	bend, bulge, collapse, crumple, distort, fold, twist, yield, cave in
Antonyms:	flatten, smooth

Main Entry:	crack
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	lose self-control
Synonyms:	become deranged, become insane, blow one's mind, blow up, break down, bug out, collapse, flip, give way, go bonkers, go crazy, go to pieces, lose it, succumb, yield
Antonyms:	be calm, compose

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Main Entry:	crack up
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	break down mentally
Synonyms:	collapse, decline, derange, deteriorate, fail, flip out, freak out, go crazy, go to pieces*, sicken, become demented, become psychotic, blow a fuse, come apart at seams, go bonkers, go nuts, go off deep end, go off rocker, go out of mind, have breakdown, schizz out
Antonyms:	be calm

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Main Entry:	crash
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	fall
Synonyms:	bite the dust, bump, collapse, collide, ditch, dive, drop, hurtle, lurch, meet, overturn, pancake, pitch, plunge, slip, smash, sprawl, topple, tumble, upset, washout, crash-land, drive into, fall flat, fall headlong, fall prostrate, give way, go in, overbalance, plough into, prang, splash down

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Main Entry:	crumble
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	break or fall into pieces
Synonyms:	break up, collapse, crumb, crush, decay, decompose, degenerate, deteriorate, disintegrate, dissolve, fragment, go to pieces, granulate, grind, molder, perish, powder, pulverize, putrefy, triturate, tumble
Antonyms:	build, put together

Main Entry:	crumple
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	make or become wrinkled
Synonyms:	buckle, collapse, crease, crimp, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, go to pieces, pucker, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle, break down, cave in, crimple, give way, rimple, ruck
Antonyms:	straighten

Main Entry:	decay
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deteriorate, crumble
Synonyms:	atrophy, blight, break up, collapse, corrode, curdle, decline, decompose, defile, degenerate, depreciate, discolor, disintegrate, dissolve, dwindle, fade, fail, lessen, mildew, mold, molder, mortify, perish, pollute, putrefy, rot, sap, shrivel, sicken, sink, slump, spoil, suppurate, turn, wane, weaken, wither, be impaired, become contaminated, dry-rot, get worse, go bad, go to seed, go to the dogs, hit rock bottom, hit the skids, pejorate, putresce, reach depths, waste away, wear away
Antonyms:	build, develop, flourish, germinate, grow, improve, ripen, strengthen

Main Entry:	deflate
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	reduce or cause to contract
Synonyms:	collapse, decrease, depreciate, depress, devalue, diminish, empty, exhaust, flatten, puncture, shrink, squash, void
Antonyms:	blow up, expand, inflate

Main Entry:	descend
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	move down, lower a
Synonyms:	cascade, cataract, coast, collapse, crash, crouch, decline, dip, disembark, dismount, dive, dribble, drop, fall, get down, get off, go down, gravitate, ground, incline, light, penetrate, pitch, plummet, plunge, set, settle, sink, slant, slide, slip, slope, slump, stoop, stumble, submerge, subside, swoop, toboggan, topple, trickle, trip, tumble, weep, cave in, deplane, detrain, fall prostrate, lose balance, plop, prolapse, slough off
Antonyms:	ascend, increase, rise, go up

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Main Entry:	dissolve
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	annul, discontinue
Synonyms:	abrogate, adjourn, annihilate, break up, cancel, collapse, decimate, demolish, destroy, discharge, dismiss, disorganize, disunite, divorce, do away with, end, eradicate, invalidate, loose, overthrow, postpone, quash, repeal, ruin, separate, sever, shatter, shoot, suspend, terminate, vacate, void, wind up, wrack, wreck, destruct, put an end to, render void, resolve into, unmake
Antonyms:	continue, marry, resolve

Main Entry:	distort
Part of Speech:	verb
Definition:	deform; falsify
Synonyms:	alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor, fake, fudge, garble, knot, lie, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, pervert, sag, scam, slant, slump, snow, torture, twist, warp, whitewash*, wind, wrench, writhe, gnarl, make out like, misshape, phony up, put one on, trump up
Antonyms:	beautify, straight, shape nicely

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