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Rapid rise can turn into collapse (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disrepair

'collapse' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'rapid rise can turn into' is the wordplay.
'can turn into' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rapid'+'rise'='rapidrise'
'rapidrise' with letters rearranged gives 'DISREPAIR'.

(Other definitions for disrepair that I've seen before include "Neglected condition" , "rack and ruin" , "Poor working order" , "Degradation" , "Poor condition" .)

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