How to Use implode in a Sentence

implode

verb
Definition of implodenext
Synonyms for implodenext
  • The submersible was not up to the task and imploded on its way down to the ocean floor.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
  • The election alone didn't cause Wall Street to implode in 2000.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2020
  • Instead of imploding along the way, the Irish seemed to get stronger.
    — Mike Berardino, Indianapolis Star, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Even when the dates implode, the show is able to maintain a hopeful vibe.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 14 Nov. 2022
  • The walls had to be solid steel a foot thick so the chamber wouldn’t implode.
    — Mark Synnott, Wired, 13 Apr. 2021
  • In some ways, this line signals how the team’s crime spree will implode.
    — Brandon Tensley, Washington Post, 21 July 2023
  • The killings took place as the Ottoman Empire began to implode.
    — James Hookway, WSJ, 24 Apr. 2021
  • And even some other drives in there that weren’t great — not imploding.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2023
  • To get there, her two rivals first had to see their campaigns implode.
    — New York Times, 7 June 2021
  • The lawsuit also alleges the chilling detail that the crew would have been aware that the sub was about to implode.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Rush was among the five people who died when the submersible imploded.
    — CBS News, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Like baseball, those plans could implode at any minute.
    — Tim Dahlberg, Star Tribune, 27 July 2020
  • Never mind the tragedy of the Titan imploding last June on its way to the Titanic, killing all on board.
    — Thomas Curwen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Among the chaos is one of Jackson’s favorite moments, where the VFX team got to explode and implode a building at the same time.
    — Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2021
  • After the Mets’ bullpen imploded a night before, the stable held it down this time around.
    — James O'Connell, Hartford Courant, 19 May 2024
  • To be clear, there are also times when a sweet spot just doesn't exist and things simply implode.
    — Phil Mattingly, CNN, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Powerful at its core, the wine seems to implode on itself.
    — Dave McIntyre, Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2020
  • And yet the very thing that the Ravens were supposed to depend on this season, the pride and joy of this franchise, has imploded in less than a month.
    — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • Rush was among five people who died when the submersible imploded en route to the site of the Titanic wreck in June 2023.
    — Patrick Whittle, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Quartz: A lot of people were surprised when FTX, of all firms, imploded.
    — Nate Dicamillo, Quartz, 12 May 2023
  • Once the two SoCal schools bolted, the die was cast and the conference imploded.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 Aug. 2023
  • And as contenders implode around the league, so does the competition.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Sep. 2022
  • To feel the effects of this deterrent, fish need to be close to an imploding bubble.
    — Carolyn Hagler, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 May 2023
  • In Western Germany, the AfD has flatlined and seems close to imploding.
    — New York Times, 27 Oct. 2019
  • The universe imploded/Taylor Swift and Lady Gaga shared the stage.
    — Vogue, 7 Jan. 2019
  • But the Jets’ locker room is going to implode if Wilson doesn’t start holding up his end of the bargain.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Three of Kody’s marriages imploded within a span of 14 months.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • The Titan submersible that imploded was one of two seacraft used by OceanGate.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 18 July 2023
  • Phillies reliever Jeff Hoffman imploded in the sixth inning, giving up a lead-off hit, tossing a wild pitch and walking a batter to load the bases for the Mets.
    — Isaac Avilucea, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
  • Vegas legend implodes The Tropicana had a lengthy history, by Las Vegas standards.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 10 Oct. 2024

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