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implode

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of implode

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

Synonyms of implode

buckle, cave (in), collapse, crumple, founder, give, go, go out, tumble, yield

Words Related to implode

deflate, flatten, melt, melt down

break, break down, conk (out), crash, die, fail, give out, stall

burst, shatter, smash, splinter, split

crack, crumble, pop, snap

Phrases Synonymous with implode

give way

Near Antonyms of implode

inflate, rise, swell

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