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Originally posted by taxwonk
I never heard it used as anything but a verb until the last ten years or so.
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Huh. Maybe I have just never heard it used in that context before. I suppose it's common to say "he collapsed in a heap" or "she collapses under pressure" but I had not seen "they want to collapse [object/nation/ideology]" - I always thought it was "cause the collapse of" (or somesuch sort of flummery up with which I will not put).
