as in to collapse
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
a controlled demolition during which the entire building imploded in a matter of seconds
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Loading your audio article At least Arizona did not lose to a lower seed.
Or get run off the court.
Or implode in the final minutes.
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025
Or, to put it another way, if things implode in L.A., the Diamondbacks have set themselves up to take advantage.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Global sales are ‘imploding’ While electric vehicle sales in Europe shot up 34% overall in January, sales of Teslas plummeted 50%.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
But things get messy when a major broadcast deal falls through and her latest relationship implodes.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
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Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2025
Or, to put it another way, if things implode in L.A., the Diamondbacks have set themselves up to take advantage.
—Keith Law, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Global sales are ‘imploding’ While electric vehicle sales in Europe shot up 34% overall in January, sales of Teslas plummeted 50%.
—Cnn.com, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2025
But things get messy when a major broadcast deal falls through and her latest relationship implodes.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for implode
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“Implode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implode. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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