[1] : WordNet (r) 2.0

give way
     v 1: move in order to make room for someone for something; "the
          park gave way to a supermarket"; "`move over,' he told
          the crowd" syn: move over, give, ease up, yield
     2: break down, literally or metaphorically; "the wall
        collapsed"; "the business collapsed"; "the dam broke";
        "the roof collapsed"; "the wall gave in"; "the roof
        finally gave under the weight of the ice" syn: collapse,
         fall in, cave in, give, break, founder
     3: end resistance, especially under pressure or force; "the
        door yielded to repeated blows with a battering ram" syn:
         yield
     4: stop operating or functioning; "the engine finally went";
        "the car died on the road"; "the bus we travelled in broke
        down on the way to town"; "the coffee maker broke"; "the
        engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went
        after the accident" syn: fail, go bad, die, give
        out, conk out, go, break, break down
see also:
move over give ease up yield collapse fall in 
cave in break founder fail go bad 
die give out conk out go break down 

[2] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

164 moby thesaurus words for "give way":
   abandon hope, accommodate, adjust, aye, back down, beat down,
   become suicidal, bend, break, break off combat, break open,
   break up, burst, carry away, catch a crab, cave, cave in,
   cease resistance, cheapen, collapse, come apart, come off,
   come undone, come unstuck, compose, compound, compromise, conk out,
   cop out, crack, crack up, crumble, cut, cut a crab, cut prices,
   decline, deflate, depreciate, despair, despair of, despond,
   devaluate, disintegrate, dive, droop, drop, duck responsibility,
   evade responsibility, fade, fail, faint, fall, fall in price,
   fall off, fall to pieces, falter, feather, feather an oar, fissure,
   fizzle out, flag, flop, flop down, flump, flump down, fly apart,
   founder, fracture, get loose, give, give and take, give away,
   give ground, give in, give out, give up, give up hope, go down,
   go downhill, go fifty-fifty, go soft, go to pieces,
   hit rock bottom, hit the skids, jew down, languish, lapse,
   lose heart, lose hope, lower, make a deal, make an adjustment,
   make concessions, mark down, meet halfway, nose-dive, pace, paddle,
   pare, peel off, peg out, peter out, pine, play politics, plop,
   plop down, plumb the depths, plummet, plump, plunge, ply the oar,
   poop out, pull, punt, quit the field, reach a compromise,
   reach the depths, reduce, relax, relent, row, row away, row dry,
   rupture, sag, scull, set, settle, settle down, shave, ship oars,
   shoot, sink, sink down, sink into despair, sky an oar, slash,
   slouch, slump, slump down, snap, split, split the difference,
   spring a leak, spring apart, start, strike a balance,
   strike a bargain, submerge, submit, subside, surrender, swag,
   take the mean, touch bottom, trim, unbend, unravel, weaken,
   wear away, wear thin, wilt, yield, yield to despair

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