Soon, he was forced to withdraw, and his forces collapsed.

The Iraqi forces that were supposed to fill the security gap collapsed - or turned against us - at the first sign of trouble.

Du's forces collapsed, but he was soon able to regroup.

Li Jingye's forces collapsed; he fled and was killed in flight.

The heat and force nearly collapsed my shields in on me, somehow drawn to the staff before me.

The water's force pushed houses in these areas off their foundations, into neighbors' yards, and sometimes collapsed them altogether.

If American aid is cut off, several officials and fighters interviewed last week bluntly said, their forces would collapse.

Soon, Hou's food supplies ran out, and his forces collapsed.

By the next morning, the loyalist forces had collapsed.

He predicted that with sufficient help, "their force will collapse in one month."