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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Recent Examples of implode
The doomed vessel imploded near the Titanic wreck in the North Atlantic Ocean in 2023, resulting in the instantaneous death of all five occupants.
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The vessel imploded while on its 88th dive, killing five people on a deep-sea voyage to the Titanic wreckage on June 18, 2023.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
Worries are particularly high about companies in the artificial-intelligence industry, where pessimists see echoes of the 2000 dot-com bubble that imploded.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Almost all major private real estate firms have imploded.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2025
The vessel imploded while on its 88th dive, killing five people on a deep-sea voyage to the Titanic wreckage on June 18, 2023.
—Ayesha Ali, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
Worries are particularly high about companies in the artificial-intelligence industry, where pessimists see echoes of the 2000 dot-com bubble that imploded.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
Almost all major private real estate firms have imploded.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implode
collapse
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Beyond Meat shares have collapsed over the past five years, starting with a 48% plunge in 2021 and plunging further until Roundhill Investments added the stock to its Roundhill Meme Stock ETF (MEME) on Monday.—
Liz Napolitano,
CNBC,
24 Oct. 2025
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This experimentation is happening precisely because the old models collapsed.—
David Wingrave,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Implode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implode. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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