imploded
Burst violently inward
Imploded is the past tense of implode—to collapse violently inward, the opposite of explode.
A building implodes when demolished by controlled charges.
Figuratively, things implode when they fail catastrophically from internal pressures: The company imploded after the scandal.
Their marriage imploded spectacularly.
Fell inward suddenly
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- crumbledBroke into particles
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- rubbleBroken building fragments
wreckage · demolished · ruins · flattened · crushed · shattered · toppled · caved
Absence of matter
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- pressureForce upon contact
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- inwardToward the inside
contraction · shrinkage · deflation · concavity · atmospheric · density · collapse · cavity
Failure or decomposition
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
turmoil · collapse · despair · unraveled · shattered · fragile · vulnerable · exhaustion
Fell inward suddenly
- failedDid not succeed
- foldedBent upon itself
- bankruptUnable to repay debts
- dissolvedDispersed into solvent
disintegrated · crumbled · defunct · shuttered · dismantled · unraveled · self-destructed · tanked
collapsed
Fell inward suddenly
rubble · wreckage · demolished · ruins · flattened · crushed · shattered · toppled · caved · buckled
vacuum
Absence of matter
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- pressureForce upon contact
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
inward · contraction · shrinkage · deflation · concavity · atmospheric · density · collapse · cavity · void
breakdown
Failure or decomposition
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- burnoutChronic occupational depletion
- overwhelmedDefeated by sheer volume
crisis · turmoil · collapse · despair · unraveled · shattered · fragile · vulnerable · exhaustion · stress
collapsed
Fell inward suddenly
dissolved · disintegrated · crumbled · defunct · shuttered · dismantled · unraveled · self-destructed · tanked · cratered
- broken apartapart, asunder, broken, broken up, fragmented
- compressedcompressed, compacted, squeezed, squashed, crushed
- fell apartcrumbled, shattered, collapsed, disintegrated, broke down
- botchedbotched, bungled, messed up, screwed up, fouled up
- surrenderedsurrendered, capitulated, yielded, conceded, submitted
implodedheld together
Maintained structural unity
stabilized · formed · solidified · endured · survived