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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And if the hypotheticals are not enough to dissuade, history is littered with teams trading away their future for immediate glories, seeing their plans implode, and being left with a ruinous future that becomes a hopeless present while another team reaps the benefits.
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
In Rieder's case, that meant a long stint at Lehman Brothers before the Wall Street investment banking titan imploded in 2008, an event associated with the beginning of the global financial crisis.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
But no official announcement ever arrived, and in late 2025, Rockett hinted that plans for a tour had already imploded.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Jan. 2026
Across the industrial economy, AI is poised to accelerate skills training ten-fold and open the door for a new generation of industrial pros to step in—and here’s the important bit—without sacrificing quality, let alone imploding the entire system.
—Kriti Sharma, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
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Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2026
In Rieder's case, that meant a long stint at Lehman Brothers before the Wall Street investment banking titan imploded in 2008, an event associated with the beginning of the global financial crisis.
—Jeff Cox, CNBC, 27 Jan. 2026
But no official announcement ever arrived, and in late 2025, Rockett hinted that plans for a tour had already imploded.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Jan. 2026
Across the industrial economy, AI is poised to accelerate skills training ten-fold and open the door for a new generation of industrial pros to step in—and here’s the important bit—without sacrificing quality, let alone imploding the entire system.
—Kriti Sharma, Fortune, 15 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implode
collapse
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Family members and Blackbird Mountain Guides officials said the group was on the last day of a three-day trip to the Frog Lake huts near Castle Peak and that the skiers were heading back to the trailhead when the slope collapsed.—
Nicole Buss,
Sacbee.com,
22 Feb. 2026
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As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, Ukraine’s birth rate is collapsing, with increasing number of people struggling with fertility or putting off the decision to have children.—
Ivana Kottasová,
CNN Money,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Implode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implode. Accessed 24 Feb. 2026.
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