Usage Note
Avvallare (with double v) means for ground or terrain to sink or subside. It is easily confused with avallare (single v), which means to endorse or guarantee a decision; the two are distinct verbs. Takes avere in compound tenses.
Examples
"Il terreno ha cominciato ad avvallare."
Natural Translation
The ground began to sink.

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