Collapse
/kəˈlæps/
noun
The act of collapsing.
“She suffered a terrible collapse after slipping on the wet floor.”
Constant function, one-valued function (in automata theory) (in particular application causing a reset).
verb
To break apart and fall down suddenly; to cave in.
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.”
To fold compactly.