break down, literally or metaphorically
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break |
cave in |
collapse |
fall in |
founder |
give |
give way |
sample sentences
"The wall collapsed""The business collapsed"
"The dam broke"
"The roof collapsed"
"The wall gave in"
"The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
verb frames
Something ----sSomebody ----s
The business is going to %s
verb frames
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Something ----sSomebody ----s
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Something ----sSomebody ----s
lexical pointers
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semantic pointers
hypernym
hyponym
verb group