cave-in
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7.1
- noun
- /ˈkeɪvˌɪn/
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hundimiento
- Last week's cave-in at the construction site trapped several workers underneath the debris.
- mine cave-in
- tunnel cave-in
- prevent a cave-in
Examples
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Years back, a cave-in of ceiling timbers had shut off its passages.
Fiction book (1991) -
We don't want to risk another cave-in.
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Plenty of men died here in the cave-in last year.
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Left in a hurry after a cave-in killed 20 miners.
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He was killed in a cave-in when I was a boy.
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Should be enough to shore up my mines and stop the cave-ins.
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Apparently, the cave-in had halted all work on this part of the complex.
Fiction book (1992) -
There was a cave-in.
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Another cave-in?
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If you don't want to possibly die in a cave-in, don't be a miner.
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Synonyms
18
5.7
A hole in the ground made when the surface collapses, often in limestone areas
2
8.5
The sinking of land or a building into the ground
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word cave-in comes from cave ('hollow place') and in, so it pictures something falling 'into' a hollow. That's why a cave-in means a sudden collapse of the ground, roof, or tunnel into the space below.