Definition: burst inward
Usage: The bottle imploded
Similar words: founder, fall in, break, cave in, collapse, give, give way
Definition: break down, literally or metaphorically
Usage: The wall collapsed; The business collapsed; The dam broke; The roof collapsed; The wall gave in; The roof finally gave under the weight of the ice
Synonyms: go off
Definition: be discharged or activated
Usage: the explosive devices went off
Definition: burst outward, usually with noise
Usage: The champagne bottle exploded
Synonyms: come off, go off, go over
Definition: happen in a particular manner
Usage: how did your talk go over?
Similar words: come about, take place, go on, hap, happen, fall out, pass, pass off, occur
Definition: come to pass
Usage: What is happening?; The meeting took place off without an incidence; Nothing occurred that seemed important
Synonyms: go off
Definition: stop running, functioning, or operating
Usage: Our power went off during the hurricane
Definition: come to a halt, stop moving
Usage: the car stopped; She stopped in front of a store window
Synonyms: run off, bolt, make off, decamp, go off, abscond, absquatulate
Definition: run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along
Usage: The thief made off with our silver; the accountant absconded with the cash from the safe
Similar words: take flight, fly, flee
Definition: run away quickly
Usage: He threw down his gun and fled