How to Use implosion in a Sentence

implosion

noun
  • All five on board were killed in the implosion.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 18 June 2023
  • For any team, this would be a recipe for implosion.
    George Caulkin, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • The implosion seemed to set off a smoke alarm in at least one nearby building.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2026
  • After the implosion, dust filled the air.
    Steve Maugeri, CBS News, 12 Apr. 2026
  • These are the three to watch as the implosion of identity nears.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
  • But two years later, the podcast seemed to be on the verge of implosion.
    Lane Florsheim, WSJ, 21 July 2021
  • That can be put down in part to Viaplay’s implosion.
    Marta Balaga, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Evan describes the implosion in the back of the Rangers’ bullpen.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Not bad at all for a team allegedly on the verge of implosion just months before.
    Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 Mar. 2021
  • But this implosion has been festering for some time.
    Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
  • He also was shown slamming a bat in the dugout after his implosion.
    Fox News, 2 May 2018
  • They were told to stay inside until two hours after the blast to avoid the dust raised by the implosion.
    Time, 5 July 2021
  • The bullpen implosion took away any real chance for the Yankees to come back and win the game.
    Aaliyan Mohammed, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The agencies involved are still looking for clues as to what could've caused the sub's implosion this week.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
  • Room rates for surrounding hotels jumped the night of the implosion.
    Bailey Schulz, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Pierre Trudeau himself had retired just ahead of the implosion.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Pitt’s implosion after a 7-0 start was due in large part to injuries.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Too often a one-inning implosion derailed him last year.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2026
  • How and why did this Lions implosion that started late in the first half happen?
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 20 Sep. 2020
  • The cause of the implosion remained unclear.
    ABC News, 27 May 2026
  • Or the role that these platforms have played in the implosion of local journalism?
    Wired, 4 Oct. 2019
  • In the two years prior to the leaks that led to the group's implosion, their activities surged.
    Dan Patterson, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Might that not be the larger message of this sequence of online implosions?
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The implosion of Janis’s model has left groupthink in an odd place.
    David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Then schedule a nap after that comfort food implosion.
    Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The implosion of Rana Plaza, too, started with a rumble and a shake.
    Jasmin Malik Chua, Sourcing Journal, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Spurring the bullpen implosion was a line drive off the bat of Evan Gattis in the fifth inning.
    Tim Healey, Sun-Sentinel.com, 15 May 2017
  • Rochester Adams’ run through the state playoffs seemed destined to end with a massive implosion.
    Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The only way to bring the span down is to reset the charges and schedule another implosion.
    The Enquirer, Cincinnati.com, 23 Apr. 2017
  • Diddy’s team argued that the implosion of his life was punishment enough.
    Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025

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