s'écrouler

Definitions of s'écrouler
  1. verb
    break down, literally or metaphorically
    synonyms: s'effrondrer
    abandonner, renoncer à
    stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims
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    types:
    déferler, muer, se briser
    curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves
    s'affaisser, s'enfoncer
    fall or sink heavily
    type of:
    changer
    undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature
  2. verb
    suffer a nervous breakdown
    synonyms: craquer
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    type of:
    subir, éprouver
    undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)
  3. verb
    laugh unrestrainedly
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    type of:
    rire
    produce laughter
  4. verb
    lose office or power
    synonyms: s'effondrer, tomber
    tomber, tomber au champ d'honneur
    die, as in battle or in a hunt
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    type of:
    donner sa démission, démissionner, fermer, prendre son congé
    give up or retire from a position
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