to fall apart; to collapse; to be completely defeated (in battle); to be wiped out; (arch.) to fall apart (one's body or health)
to disappear; to vanish into thin air
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
destruction; annihilation; devastation; catastrophe
to run about trying to escape
finish; completion; the end