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Recent Examples of imploded
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 20 May 2026
The Eagles, meanwhile, imploded, and Hurts’ longest completion all day was a 20-yarder to Barkley on their final drive.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
In a dusty annex at a Santa Monica courthouse on Tuesday, Kevin Spacey detailed the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of people in his orbit to recover money from the imploded final season of the Netflix show.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
By comparison, the New Haven Coliseum, which was slightly larger, closed 24 years ago and was imploded a few years later.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
With the craft's communications failing within the first two hours, the submersible imploded upon descent, resulting in their instantaneous deaths.
—Dan Snierson, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
However, then everything fell apart as the offense imploded in the second half.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Four years after Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt gifted the trophy to Italy, Les Bleus self-imploded during a disastrous 2010 campaign that embarrassingly ended at the group stage.
—Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Just one week after it was announced, the Great American State Fair concert series has pretty much imploded.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2026
Last week, in Washington state, a chemical tank imploded at a paper industry plant, killing 11 people.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 1 June 2026
Relievers Alex Lange and Daniel Lynch IV helped maintain the Royals’ lead until Erceg imploded in the ninth.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2026
Adjective
Surely this scheme would go the way of his failed casinos, airlines, and other imploded ventures.
—Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Time, 20 May 2026
The Eagles, meanwhile, imploded, and Hurts’ longest completion all day was a 20-yarder to Barkley on their final drive.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
In a dusty annex at a Santa Monica courthouse on Tuesday, Kevin Spacey detailed the behind-the-scenes maneuvering of people in his orbit to recover money from the imploded final season of the Netflix show.
—Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
The Bank opened in 2004 in the parking lot next to the Vet, which was imploded.
—Barry M. Bloom, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
By comparison, the New Haven Coliseum, which was slightly larger, closed 24 years ago and was imploded a few years later.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2026
With the craft's communications failing within the first two hours, the submersible imploded upon descent, resulting in their instantaneous deaths.
—Dan Snierson, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
However, then everything fell apart as the offense imploded in the second half.
—Joe Vardon, New York Times, 11 June 2026
Four years after Zinedine Zidane’s infamous headbutt gifted the trophy to Italy, Les Bleus self-imploded during a disastrous 2010 campaign that embarrassingly ended at the group stage.
—Jon O'Brien, Vulture, 10 June 2026
Just one week after it was announced, the Great American State Fair concert series has pretty much imploded.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 June 2026
Last week, in Washington state, a chemical tank imploded at a paper industry plant, killing 11 people.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 1 June 2026
Relievers Alex Lange and Daniel Lynch IV helped maintain the Royals’ lead until Erceg imploded in the ninth.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imploded
Adjective
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Heavy equipment had to be brought on site to remove parts of the collapsed roof.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
4 June 2026
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The collapsed building in the historic Wilhelminian style contained rental and vacation apartments, police said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Adjective
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If, for David Lynch, ideas are like fish in a river, then for Danish provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn, those ideas are like chunks of excrement in an exploded sewage pipe.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
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Ask for exploded drawings, parts catalogs and repair manuals.—
Romain Pison,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Never soak leather or put it in the washing machine, which can result in dry, cracked, misshapen gloves that end up in the trash.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
8 June 2026
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Late Saturday, the crews entered the facility to make a visual examination of the cracked container, which officials believed was holding 7,000 liquid gallons of methyl methacrylate, a chemical that is routinely used to make plastic.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2026
Adjective
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The split-toe design represents Nike’s first venture into the world of natural-motion footwear, and the Air Rift name comes from Kenya’s Great Rift Valley.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
18 June 2026
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San Francisco and Atlanta were forced to play a split doubleheader on Wednesday after Tuesday night’s game was suspended due to rain entering the bottom of the second inning.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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The Armenia Alliance bloc led by former President Robert Kocharyan is hovering around 10%, while the rest of the splintered opposition remained in the mid to low single digits.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
8 June 2026
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The increasingly splintered ways in which voters seek information, fueled by the rapid changes in technology and media, has kept political campaign strategists on their toes.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Adjective
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His choices allow the viewer to drink in the intimate details of the ruined world.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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The driver got out of the wrecked vehicle and tried to run away but was arrested by an OHA officer, police said.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
8 June 2026
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The officer pulled his weapon and ordered him to stay in the wrecked car.—
Michael Abeyta,
CBS News,
6 June 2026
Adjective
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With this growth came the construction of new factories, freeways and high-rise condos, while devastated wetlands once inhabited by cranes were systematically drained and repurposed for human use, never to return.—
The Los Angeles Times,
Mercury News,
18 June 2026
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Needless to say, my wife, daughters and myself were shocked and devastated.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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“Imploded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imploded. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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