imploding
Crushing from outside
Imploding describes something collapsing violently inward, the opposite of exploding.
A building implodes when demolished with explosives that cause it to fall in on itself rather than blast outward.
Figuratively, systems or situations implode when they collapse from internal pressures: The campaign imploded after the scandal broke.
His marriage was imploding.
Force upon contact
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- contractionReduction in size
- shrinkageDecrease in size
condensation · atmosphere · decompression · crush · squeeze · constriction · density · evacuated
Deliberately causing one's downfall
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
- crisisDecisive dangerous moment
burnout · spiral · disintegration · crumbling · withdrawal · isolation · despair · overwhelm
Fragment gradually
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
- fragmentationBreaking into smaller pieces
fracture · demolition · ruin · wreckage · breakdown · toppling · caving · buckling
Exploding massive star
- black-holeCollapsed star's remnant
- fusionJoining into unity
- gravityMutual mass attraction
- cosmicPertaining to the universe
nebula · mass · density · singularity
pressure
Force upon contact
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- suctionPulling via pressure difference
- contractionReduction in size
shrinkage · condensation · atmosphere · decompression · crush · squeeze · constriction · density · evacuated · sealed
self-destruction
Deliberately causing one's downfall
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- meltdownCatastrophic loss of control
- unravelingProcess of coming undone
crisis · burnout · spiral · disintegration · crumbling · withdrawal · isolation · despair · overwhelm · catastrophizing
crumble
Fragment gradually
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- disintegrationProcess of breaking apart
fragmentation · fracture · demolition · ruin · wreckage · breakdown · toppling · caving · buckling · crushing
supernova
Exploding massive star
- black-holeCollapsed star's remnant
- fusionJoining into unity
- gravityMutual mass attraction
cosmic · nebula · mass · density · singularity
- breaking downsplitting, fragmenting, dividing, breaking up, partitioning
- setbacksfailing, back to square one, stuck, losing, stumbles
- shrinking wordscontracting, reducing, diminishing, dwindling, decreasing
implodingexploding
Bursting outward violently
detonating · erupting · bursting · blowing up · expanding
implodingthriving
Succeeding vigorously
flourishing · holding together · stabilizing · expanding · growing
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