If you let inertia take over, the government will effectively collapse.

The industry had effectively collapsed by the early 1960s.

The lower half of that market has effectively collapsed.

By 2000, 27% of the world's coral reef ecosystems had effectively collapsed.

This prevented essential defence evidence from being heard, and the case effectively collapsed.

By 1923, the scheme had effectively collapsed with the company going into voluntary liquidation.

A six-day cease-fire in the civil war effectively collapsed Thursday.

The European market for his work effectively collapsed.

On 21 September, the government had regained control of the country, with the movement effectively collapsing in October.

As more arrests followed, the organisation around Reims effectively collapsed.