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implode

[im-plohd] / ɪmˈploʊd /
VERB
collapse inward
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In these experiments, powerful lasers create shock waves that force a tiny diamond capsule to implode.

From Science Daily Aug. 20, 2026

Watching Graham Platner’s campaign implode was like watching that expensive red sports car get totaled.

From Salon Aug. 6, 2026

If there is a third consecutive failure, the treaty "might not implode overnight" said Christopher King, the conference's secretary-general.

From Barron's Apr. 25, 2026

They're waiting and waiting for the Premiership leaders to implode but there's little sign of it.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

At a nearby bakery, hungry men gathered in front of the plate-glass window separating them from racks of freshly baked bread, hoping the window would implode.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

If the AI trade implodes, that case only gets stronger.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 11, 2026

"The idea the labor market has turned a corner implodes with this report."

From BBC Mar. 6, 2026

One less thing for Kraken to worry about in rearview mirror as “feel good” story implodes under weight of seven straight losses and expected word of a move to Salt Lake City.

From Seattle Times Feb. 16, 2024

The accident comes uncannily to mind revisiting “The Abyss,” in which a damaged submersible implodes after sinking beyond its crush depth.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 29, 2023

And it’s like something inside of me implodes.

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman

For a while, experts linked the decline to the recession that struck in 2008 when the global financial system nearly imploded, driving millions of people into hardship.

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

St. Louis might not have been handed a chance to test his coaching chops in the NHL so soon if Montreal hadn’t imploded in such spectacular fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal May 22, 2026

I want to be careful about what I’m not saying: I am not saying private credit is the next subprime market, which imploded in 2008.

From MarketWatch Apr. 22, 2026

Plans changed again before the scheduled launch in early 2021, when Credit Suisse’s hedge-fund business imploded; so he found another backer, a large hedge fund named Squarepoint Capital.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

And now I’m struck with a crippling wave of panic that starts in my chest and pulls like a lethal gravity, collapsing my lungs until I’ve imploded so deep within myself, I can’t breathe.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman

The market might not be imploding so much as readjusting as the tech industry succumbs to more realistic expectations.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

While this match may have reminded him why he gave up the captaincy four years ago, he has once again held together a batting line-up that risked imploding.

From BBC Jun. 20, 2026

The big question is whether there’s a risk of it suddenly imploding.

From MarketWatch May 17, 2026

New Jersey started imploding the day after Christmas in 2024.

From Slate Oct. 17, 2025

It’s the only thing I can say that will keep me from imploding in on myself.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman




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