COLLAPSE

Collapse

In the context of sports a collapse is where a team with a statistically insurmountable lead in a game, series or season standings puts on such a poor performance in the remainder of the event that they ultimately lose or fail to advance. Typically the term collapse is used in relation to a performance in a season with many games, but it has been less commonly applied to single games or matches. A collapse can be considered a form of choking extended over an extended period of time although sometimes a Collapse can be less the result of failure but bad luck or regression to the mean.

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Collapse!

Collapse! is a series of award-winning tile-matching puzzle video games by GameHouse, a software company in Seattle, Washington. In 2007, Super Collapse! 3 became the first game to win the Game of the Year at the inaugural Zeebys.

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collapse

Noun

  1. The act of collapsing
  2. Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset)

Verb

  1. To fall down suddenly; to cave in
  2. To cease to function due to a sudden breakdown; to fail suddenly and completely
    Pyramid schemes tend to generate profits for a while and then collapse.
  3. To fold compactly
  4. For several batsmen to get out in quick succession
  5. To cause something to collapse.
    Hurry up and collapse the tent so we can get moving.
  6. To pass out and fall to the floor or ground, as from exhaustion or other illness; to faint
    The exhausted singer collapsed onstage and had to be taken to the hospital.


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