as in to collapse
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure
a controlled demolition during which the entire building imploded in a matter of seconds
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Despite several pitches to redevelop the enormous structure, the building was imploded at 5:45 p.m. (the store's closing time) on Oct. 24, 1998, at a cost of about $12 million.
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Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
By 2021, the empty Trump Plaza was literally falling apart, and had to be imploded.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
Sosa was the focus of Friday’s opening ceremony, sucking in all the attention like an imploding star, but there were many pressing topics to discuss aside from His Sammyness, such as President Jed Hoyer, who enters the final year of his contract without any job certainty beyond 2025.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
His 2006 film Inland Empire revisits Hollywood via the imploding mind of a film actress (Dern again, possibly his greatest muse), and is a film in which nothing is fixed and everything transforms.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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Elissa Robinson, Detroit Free Press, 23 Dec. 2024
By 2021, the empty Trump Plaza was literally falling apart, and had to be imploded.
—Jonathan Rowe, SPIN, 18 Dec. 2024
Sosa was the focus of Friday’s opening ceremony, sucking in all the attention like an imploding star, but there were many pressing topics to discuss aside from His Sammyness, such as President Jed Hoyer, who enters the final year of his contract without any job certainty beyond 2025.
—Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
His 2006 film Inland Empire revisits Hollywood via the imploding mind of a film actress (Dern again, possibly his greatest muse), and is a film in which nothing is fixed and everything transforms.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2025
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“Implode.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implode. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.
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