semicollapsed

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English

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Etymology

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From semi- +‎ collapsed.

Adjective

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semicollapsed (not comparable)

  1. Partially collapsed.
    • 2015 August 6, Richard Rubin, “In North Dakota, Boom, Bust and Oil”, in New York Times[1]:
      The next town east, Colgan, is littered with semicollapsed houses and rusting automobiles; an older man I spotted working on some kind of machine in his yard told me there were six residents left.