Collapse may refer to:
- Collapse, the action a collapsible or telescoping object does
- Collapse (medical)
- Collapse (sports)
- Collapse (structural)
- Cave-in is a kind of structural collapse
- Collapse of the World Trade Center, a 2001 event
- Collapse (topology), a mathematical concept
- Wave function collapse, in physics
- Societal collapse
- Dissolution of the Soviet Union, the collapse of Soviet federalism
- Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, a book on the topic by Jared Diamond
Famous quotes containing the word collapse:
“The world was a huge ball then, the universe a might harmony of ellipses, everything moved mysteriously, incalculable distances through the ether.
We used to feel the awe of the distant stars upon us. All that led to was the eighty-eight naval guns, ersatz, and the night air-raids over cities. A magnificent spectacle.
After the collapse of the socialist dream, I came to America.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)