they have collapsed
-se sont effondrés
Present perfect they conjugation of collapse.

collapse

I will not name any names here, but one could give a whole list of companies where renowned auditing firms have attested that all is well, only to find a few weeks or months later that they have collapsed.
Je ne citerai pas de noms, mais il serait possible d'énumérer une longue liste d'entreprises au sujet desquelles des sociétés d'audit renommées ont attesté que tout était en ordre et qui pourtant ont fait faillite dans les semaines ou les mois qui ont suivi.
As we have seen, such props and such pillars are very fragile and can suddenly collapse. Now they have collapsed.
Comme nous l'avons vu, de tels soutiens et de tels piliers sont très fragiles et peuvent s'écrouler soudainement. Ils se sont écroulés.
They have collapsed like a house of cards and Irish taxpayers are shouldering an unbearable burden.
Ils se sont effondrés comme des châteaux de cartes, et les contribuables irlandais héritent d'un insupportable fardeau.
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