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cave-in



Pronunciation: (kāv'in"), [key]
—n.
1. a collapse, as of anything hollow: the worst cave-in in the history of mining.
2. a place or site of such a collapse.
3. submission to something or someone previously opposed or resisted: His cave-in to such unreasonable demands shocked us.

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