implodes

The word “implodes” has 2 syllables: im-plodes

It's pronounced as /ɪmˈploʊdz/


What is synonym and antonym for implodes?

In the thesaurus, “implodes” has 30 synonyms and 3 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for implodes along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for implodes

  • breaks
  • breaks down
  • buckles
  • bursts
  • collapses
  • cracks
  • crashes
  • crumbles
  • crumples
  • deflates
  • dies
  • fails
  • flattens
  • founders
  • gives
  • gives out
  • gives way
  • goes
  • goes out
  • melts
  • melts down
  • pops
  • shatters
  • smashes
  • snaps
  • splinters
  • splits
  • stalls
  • tumbles
  • yields

Antonyms for implodes

  • inflates
  • rises
  • swells

Meanings of implodes

  • verb
    1. To collapse or burst inward violently.
    2. To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.

Example Sentences

  • The building implodes quickly during the controlled demolition.
  • If the system fails, it implodes under the heavy load.
  • The star implodes at the end of its life cycle.
  • Without proper leadership, the organization implodes from within.
  • The plan implodes when communication breaks down.

On this page you'll find 33 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to implodes, such as: breaks, breaks down, buckles, bursts, collapses, cracks, crashes.

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fails

  • abort
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  • crash
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  • disappoint
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  • ignore
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  • implodes
  • jams
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  • lays an egg
  • let down
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  • lose big
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  • neglect
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  • rots
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  • self-destructs
  • sinks
  • skids
  • skips
  • slides
  • slight
  • slights
  • slip
  • slips
  • slumps
  • sputters
  • stalls
  • strikes out
  • struggles
  • tanks
  • terminate
  • turn out badly
  • upsets
  • wanes
  • washes out
  • weakens
  • wears out
  • wheezes
  • wilts
  • withers
  • yields

yields

  • abandons
  • abnegates
  • acquiesces
  • advances
  • affairs
  • affords
  • aftereffects
  • aftermaths
  • appropriations
  • articles
  • bags
  • basks
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  • begets
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  • blinks
  • booties
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  • bows
  • breaks
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  • breeds
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  • buckles
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  • by-products
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  • capitulates
  • catalyzes
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  • collections
  • commits
  • commodities
  • concedes
  • conclusions
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  • consigns
  • corollaries
  • coughs up
  • cracks
  • crashes
  • creates
  • crumbles
  • crumples
  • cultivates
  • decides
  • defers
  • deflates
  • delivers
  • derivatives
  • deserts
  • determines
  • developments
  • develops
  • dies
  • discards
  • does
  • draws on
  • earnings
  • effects
  • effectuates
  • enacts
  • encourages
  • engenders
  • entries
  • entrusts
  • establishes
  • fails
  • fathers
  • flattens
  • forfeits
  • forsakes
  • forwards
  • fosters
  • founders
  • founds
  • fruits
  • furnishes
  • furthers
  • gains
  • generates
  • gives
  • gives in
  • gives out
  • gives rise to
  • gives up
  • gives way
  • goes
  • goes out
  • goods
  • gratifies
  • grosses
  • handcrafts
  • handicrafts
  • handiworks
  • hands over
  • hauls
  • implodes
  • inaugurates
  • incomes
  • induces
  • indulges
  • initiates
  • innovates
  • institutes
  • introduces
  • intrusts
  • invokes
  • issues
  • knuckles under
  • labors
  • launches
  • lays down
  • lines
  • loots
  • luxuriates
  • makes
  • melts
  • melts down
  • merchandises
  • nets
  • nourishes
  • nurtures
  • objects
  • occasions
  • offshoots
  • offspring
  • offsprings
  • outcomes
  • outgrowths
  • outputs
  • overdoes
  • overindulges
  • payoffs
  • pays
  • pays off
  • pioneers
  • plunders
  • pops
  • proceeds
  • produces
  • productions
  • products
  • profits
  • promotes
  • prompts
  • provides
  • quits
  • receipts
  • releases
  • relents
  • relinquishes
  • renders
  • renounces
  • residuals
  • resigns
  • resultants
  • results
  • returns
  • revels
  • revenues
  • rolls
  • says uncle
  • sequels
  • sequences
  • sets
  • sets up
  • shatters
  • sheds
  • side effects
  • side reactions
  • smashes
  • snaps
  • spawns
  • spin-offs
  • splinters
  • splits
  • spoils
  • stalls
  • starts
  • submits
  • succumbs
  • supplies
  • surrenders
  • swags
  • takes
  • things
  • throws in the sponge
  • throws in the towel
  • transfers
  • tumbles
  • turns in
  • turns out
  • turns over
  • upshots
  • waives
  • wallows
  • wares
  • winnings
  • works

falls down

  • bombs
  • chokes
  • collapses
  • cracks up
  • crashes
  • craters
  • crumbles
  • declines
  • fails
  • flames out
  • flops
  • flounders
  • flunks
  • folds
  • founders
  • goes under
  • implodes
  • languishes
  • miscarries
  • misfires
  • misses
  • self-destructs
  • sinks
  • skids
  • slips
  • slumps
  • strikes out
  • struggles
  • wanes
  • washes out

falls flat

  • bombs
  • breaks down
  • busts
  • collapses
  • comes a cropper
  • comes to grief
  • comes up empty
  • crashes
  • craters
  • crumbles
  • declines
  • dies
  • dies on the vine
  • fails
  • falls short
  • fizzles
  • flames out
  • flops
  • flounders
  • flunks
  • folds
  • founders
  • goes under
  • implodes
  • lays an egg
  • miscarries
  • misfires
  • misses
  • self-destructs
  • sinks
  • skids
  • slips
  • slumps
  • stalls
  • strikes out
  • struggles
  • tanks
  • wanes
  • washes out

falls short

  • bombs
  • breaks down
  • busts
  • collapses
  • comes a cropper
  • comes to grief
  • comes up empty
  • crashes
  • craters
  • crumbles
  • declines
  • dies
  • dies on the vine
  • fails
  • falls flat
  • fizzles
  • flames out
  • flops
  • flounders
  • flunks
  • folds
  • founders
  • goes under
  • implodes
  • lays an egg
  • miscarries
  • misfires
  • misses
  • self-destructs
  • sinks
  • skids
  • slips
  • slumps
  • stalls
  • strikes out
  • struggles
  • tanks
  • wanes
  • washes out

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