| Definition of 'cave in' |
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1. (verb) cave in, subsidence
the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it
2. (verb) collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder
break down, literally or metaphorically
"The wall collapsed"; "The business collapsed"; "The dam broke"; "The roof collapsed"; "The wall gave in"; "The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice"
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Sense: (of walls etc) to collapse.
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 Afrikaans: instort |
 Arabic: يَنْهار،يَتَقَوَّض |
 Bulgarian: срутвам се |
 Brazilian: desmoronar |
 Czech: zřítit se; propadnout se |
 German: einstürzen |
 Danish: styrte sammen; skride sam |
 Greek: καταρρέω |
 Spanish: derrumbarse, desplomarse |
 Estonian: sisse varisema |
 Farsi: فرو ریختن |
 Finnish: sortua |
 French: s'effondrer |
 Hebrew: לְהִתמוֹטֵט |
 Hindi: दीवारों इत्यादि का अंदर ध |
 Croatian: urušenje |
 Hungarian: beomlik |
 Indonesian: runtuh |
 Icelandic: hrynja |
 Italian: crollare, franare |
 Japanese: くずれ落ちる |
 Korean: 함몰되다 |
 Lithuanian: įkristi |
 Latvian: iebrukt; iegrimt |
 Malay: roboh |
 Dutch: instorten |
 Norwegian: styrte sammen |
 Polish: zapadać się |
 Persian: فرو ریختن |
 Pashto: سمڅه |
 Portuguese: desmoronar |
 Romanian: a se prăbuşi |
 Russian: обваливаться |
 Slovak: prepadnúť sa |
 Slovenian: zrušiti se |
 Serbian: urušiti se |
 Swedish: störta in, rasa |
 Thai: การพังทลายลง |
 Turkish: çökmek, göçmek |
 Taiwanese: 坍陷 |
 Ukrainian: утворювати западини |
 Urdu: باز آنا ، ہار ماننا |
 Vietnamese: sụp đổ |
 Chinese: 塌陷，坍方 |
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