Usually means: Collapse of structure into void.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word cave-in:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. cave-in: Merriam-Webster
  2. cave-in: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cave-in: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cave-in, cave-in: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Cave-In, cave-in: Wordnik
  6. cave-in: Wiktionary
  7. cave-in: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. cave-in: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. cave-in: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. cave-in: Dictionary.com
  11. Cave-In, Cave-In, Cave-in: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. cave-in: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. cave-in: Encyclopedia

(Note: See cave-ins as well.)

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noun:  The act of something collapsing or caving in.
noun:  The location where something has caved in.
noun:  (idiomatic) The act of relenting.
verb:  Misspelling of cave in. [To collapse inward or downward.]

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