🏚️ To collapse again 🏚️ A second collapse

recollapse

1 8.9

A second fall in of a building or part after an earlier one

noun
/ˌriːkəˈlæps/

: recolapso

After initial repairs, the building suffered a dangerous recollapse during the storm.

Examples

Engineers investigated the cause of the recollapse to prevent future incidents.
The building faced a recollapse after the earthquake.
The unexpected recollapse of the tunnel delayed the construction project by several weeks.
After the repairs, there was no sign of recollapse.
The recollapse of the building during the earthquake was unexpected and alarming.
After stabilizing the structure, engineers were concerned about the possibility of a recollapse.
The scientist noted that the recollapse of the star after its initial explosion could provide insights into black hole formation.

Antonyms

stabilization

25 3.9

Making something steady so it is less likely to change

Surface Forms

recollapse singular

recollapses plural

Morphology

recollapse = recollapse + collapse (transparent) = re + collapse

This noun is transparently understood as the event or instance of the verb 'recollapse'.

Etymology

Recollapse is made from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and collapse meaning 'to fall down'. So a recollapse is the 'falling down again' of something.