How many syllables in collapse?

There are 3 syllables in the word collapse.

How to pronounce collapse:

collapse (verb):: to fall down or cave in suddenly; break down, literally or metaphorically.; to fall or shrink together abruptly and completely fall into a jumbled or flattened mass through the force of external pressure

crash

flop

prostration

accomplishment

achievement

architecture

assembly

build

building

constitution

construction

creation

development

erecting

erection

establishment

fabricating

fabrication

fashioning

formation

foundation

invention

manufacture

manufacturing

origination

preservation

production

putting up

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