Synonyms of imploding

imploding

verb

present participle of implode

as in collapsing

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 & Similar Words

• collapsing
• crumpling
• tumbling
• going
• buckling
• crumbling
• melting
• foundering
• shattering
• dying
• yielding
• giving
• going out
• giving way
• crashing
• bursting
• caving (in)
• failing
• flattening
• breaking
• deflating
• snapping
• smashing
• cracking
• stalling
• splitting
• popping
• splintering
• melting down
• giving out
• breaking down
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• rising
• swelling
• inflating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of imploding

Still, even as multiple locations and villains pile up, the bond between Agency handler Sam and tech phenom Queenie (Savannah Steyn) keeps the dramedy from imploding. — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 July 2026

The ecosystem of people who rely on a strictly online audience or clients for their revenues risks imploding. — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026

China’s economic struggles, such as an imploding property sector, a regulatory crackdown on big tech, and sluggish consumption, have also weighed on the city’s role as a link to the larger economy up north. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 19 May 2026

But unlike lower-commitment purchases like a car or an air fryer, a house doesn’t come with an owner’s manual, and every hollow whoosh through the vents meant the furnace was imploding or a pipe was bursting. — Maggie Slepian, Longreads, 14 May 2026

The Clash are singing of a city aflame, the Sex Pistols are somehow getting more popular after imploding on tour, and on every street corner, mohawks and safety pins are on rebellious display. — Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 7 May 2026

Why are school budgets imploding now? — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026

By late February 2025, the CHMR mission was imploding, say current and former defense personnel. — Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 10 Mar. 2026

This one starts with that shelter imploding under the strength of a massive radiation storm that displaces the Garrity clan in a hurry, and leaves them on a lifeboat to Europe in the wretched hope that someone on the continent will offer them a safe place to plant new roots. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2026