Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A collapse, as of a tunnel or structure.
- noun A place where a cave-in has occurred.
- noun An act or instance of ceasing opposition or resistance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A caving in of the roof strata of a mine, or of the sides of a shaft or pit, sometimes extending to the surface. Also
cave .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative spelling of
cave in . - verb Alternative spelling of
cave in .
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Examples
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Earlier, an official in Cali said rescuers had heard noises inside the mine following the cave-in, though they were not human voices.
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At times, the labor leadership has warned the White House that failure to deliver a jobs program and a cave-in on Social Security and Medicare will mean rank and file activists campaigning for Democratic House and Senate candidates but not going all out for Obama.
Robert Kuttner: The End Game: Saving Obama From Himself Robert Kuttner 2011
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The completion of the escape shaft Saturday morning caused bedlam in the tent city known as Camp Hope, where the miners 'relatives have held vigil since a cave-in sealed off the gold and copper mine Aug. 5.
Chile Mine Rescue: Tense Final Hours Ahead For Chilean Miners AP 2010
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When a miner is trapped in a cave-in, Tatum savvily exploits and prolongs the man's plight in hopes of engineering his own prime-time comeback to the big-city dailies which have discarded him.
John Farr: Kirk Douglas Turns 95! John Farr 2011
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The cave-in occurred in August 2007, just weeks after Craig was arrested for allegedly soliciting sex in an airport bathroom ...
HUFFPOST HILL - Dems Beat GOP: Bewildered Nation Blinks, Rubs Eyes Eliot Nelson 2011
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The completion of the escape shaft Saturday morning caused bedlam in the tent city known as Camp Hope, where the miners 'relatives have held vigil since a cave-in sealed off the gold and copper mine Aug. 5.
Chile Mine Rescue: Tense Final Hours Ahead For Chilean Miners AP 2010
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Smart application of technology has made life underground more tolerable for the 33 Chilean miners who have been buried beneath 2,200 feet of rock and earth since a cave-in on Aug. 5.
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The collapse of a footbridge near the main track-and-field stadium and the cave-in of a weightlifting venue highlight the weak construction at some venues.
Use Commonwealth Games Wisdom to Grow Wealth Shefali Anand 2010
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The miners have been trapped below ground since a massive cave-in on Aug. 5.
Hopes Rise for Early Rescue in Chile Matt Moffett 2010
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The largest privately held coal company in the nation, Murray Energy owned a subsidiary that ran the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah, the site of a tragic cave-in incident that took the lives of six miners and later three rescuers.
HUFFPOST HILL - Dems Beat GOP: Bewildered Nation Blinks, Rubs Eyes Eliot Nelson 2011
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