falling inward
- collapsingFalling inward suddenly
- cavingSport of exploring caverns
- implodingCollapsing violently inward
- sinkingFalling through water
- descendingMoving downward
withdrawing · retreating · crumbling · folding · contracting · shrinking · gravitating · spiraling · plummeting · absorbing · swallowing · vortex · hollow · void · abyss · black hole · tunnel · vertigo
direction of movement
falling inwarddispersing
Spreading widely apart
emanating · scattering · diffusing · bursting out · spreading out
psychological/metaphorical state
falling inwardopening up
Becoming less guarded
reaching out · blossoming · flourishing · radiating · unfurling