All cave in synonyms
cave in
C c verb cave in
- cede β If someone in a position of authority cedes land or power to someone else, they let them have the land or power, often as a result of military or political pressure.
- bow β When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
- relent β to soften in feeling, temper, or determination; become more mild, compassionate, or forgiving.
- succumb β to give way to superior force; yield: to succumb to despair.
- dig β to break up, turn over, or remove earth, sand, etc., as with a shovel, spade, bulldozer, or claw; make an excavation.
- capsize β If you capsize a boat or if it capsizes, it turns upside down in the water.
- ram β random-access memory; computer memory available to the user for creating, loading, or running programs and for the temporary storage and manipulation of data, in which time of access to each item is independent of the storage sequence. As a storage medium, RAM is volatile, so its contents are lost when the power fails or is turned off.
- disappear β to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- topple β to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
- drown β to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
- founder β a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
- stick β a thrust with a pointed instrument; stab.
- disintegrate β to separate into parts or lose intactness or solidness; break up; deteriorate: The old book is gradually disintegrating with age.
- overturn β to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
- faint β lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- drive β to send, expel, or otherwise cause to move by force or compulsion: to drive away the flies; to drive back an attacking army; to drive a person to desperation.
- shatter β to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- drill β a large, baboonlike monkey, Mandrillus leucophaeus, of western Africa, similar to the related mandrill but smaller and less brightly colored: now endangered.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- drop β a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- hunch β to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
- fall down β to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- slouch β to sit or stand with an awkward, drooping posture.
- give way β manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- deteriorate β If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
- satisfy β to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- quit β to stop, cease, or discontinue: She quit what she was doing to help me paint the house.
- obey β to comply with or follow the commands, restrictions, wishes, or instructions of: to obey one's parents.
- peter out β to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- observe β to see, watch, perceive, or notice: He observed the passersby in the street.
- perish β to die or be destroyed through violence, privation, etc.: to perish in an earthquake.
- pass away β to move past; go by: to pass another car on the road.
- relinquish β to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- hand over β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- confess β If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
- capitulate β If you capitulate, you stop resisting and do what someone else wants you to do.
- renounce β to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- commit β If someone commits a crime or a sin, they do something illegal or bad.
- wither β to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- fade β to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- buckle β A buckle is a piece of metal or plastic attached to one end of a belt or strap, which is used to fasten it.
- scrunch β to crunch, crush, or crumple.
noun cave in
- catastrophe β A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- failure β an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- disruption β forcible separation or division into parts.
- debacle β A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.