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Verb
- 1
be pulled down; be torn down; be crumbled
For something piled up or standing high to be torn down or scattered.
Korean definition: 높이 쌓이거나 서 있던 것이 허물어지거나 흩어지다.
The empty house is so shabby and old that it looks like it will collapse any moment.
In last night's building collapse, the people inside were badly injured.
- 2
collapse; fall down
For one's body to lose power, and then fall down or collapse.
Korean definition: 몸이 힘을 잃고 쓰러지거나 아래로 내려앉다.
While walking down the street I got dizzy and collapsed on the spot.
Seunggyu was hit in the face by a sudden punch and collapsed.
- 3
collapse; fall apart
For an institution, social order, system, etc., to be destroyed
Korean definition: 질서, 제도, 체계 등이 파괴되다.
Taking advantage of the turmoil in the country, crime and corruption increased and law and order collapsed.
The traditional value of respecting the elderly and practicing filial piety is gradually collapsing.
- 4
collapse; crumble; come apart
For one's power to diminish to nothing or for a country to be ruined.
Korean definition: 권력이 약해져 없어지거나 나라가 망하다.
The Goguryeo dynasty lasted about 700 years until it fell to Silla.
The dictatorship gradually crumbled under the citizens' continued democratization movement.