as in collapses
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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Recent Examples of implodes
The seamless pivot after a conspiracy theory implodes—no apology, no explanation, just on to the next conspiracy.
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Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
When a star this size collapses, its mass shell then implodes before ricocheting outward.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
This will lead to market meltdowns and cascading economic hardship as global wealth implodes.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
When, online, Fran Da Silva is accused of being Alice Bell, her happy family life implodes in a wave of mob hate.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Royals’ bullpen implodes The Tigers came alive offensively once Bergert left the game.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
But Martin, who spent three years at UCLA, offers a quality option if the Washington experiment implodes.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Whatever is happening, the Cubs need to figure it out quickly before the season implodes.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
This is now the story of Demerzel desperately clinging onto the Cleons and her paradoxical programming on one hand by trying to keep the Empire alive against the Foundation, and of Gaal using the Empire to take down The Mule while the Empire implodes from within.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2025
Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
When a star this size collapses, its mass shell then implodes before ricocheting outward.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2025
This will lead to market meltdowns and cascading economic hardship as global wealth implodes.
—Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
When, online, Fran Da Silva is accused of being Alice Bell, her happy family life implodes in a wave of mob hate.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
Royals’ bullpen implodes The Tigers came alive offensively once Bergert left the game.
—Kansas City Star, 23 Aug. 2025
But Martin, who spent three years at UCLA, offers a quality option if the Washington experiment implodes.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025
Whatever is happening, the Cubs need to figure it out quickly before the season implodes.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
This is now the story of Demerzel desperately clinging onto the Cleons and her paradoxical programming on one hand by trying to keep the Empire alive against the Foundation, and of Gaal using the Empire to take down The Mule while the Empire implodes from within.
—Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 9 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implodes
collapses
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Doing something that is sold as socially progressive, but ends up benefiting big-money donors, and then wrapping it up in so much regulation and taxation that the policy collapses under its own weight—how dysfunctionally California is that?—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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Trump seems to imagine a hierarchical system dominated by a single capo whose removal collapses the organization—a model rooted in the 1980s.—
Javier Corrales,
Time,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Implodes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implodes. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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