For some lower-level employees, the collapse of the firm means more than just lost wealth.

"The collapse of the structure means pushing the country into chaos."

The collapse of the building industry has meant that some Irish are looking at fishing again for work.

The collapse meant the budget would not be in place by midnight, the start of the new fiscal year.

The subsequent collapse of the company meant that in 1799 the area returned to official Dutch rule.

Q. Does the collapse of stock prices mean that a recession is inevitable?

And few seem very sure what the Copenhagen interpretation's collapse of the wave function might really mean.

Iran was losing the war and the collapse of oil prices meant the Government could not fulfill its early promises.

"Maybe it isn't clear what a complete collapse of the system means because we have never lived through it before."

Paradoxically, the collapse of Moscow's power structure meant a greater danger for the world than ever.