Antonyms of verb implode

1 sense of implode

Sense 1
implode, go off -- (burst inward; "The bottle imploded")
       Antonym of explode (Sense 2)
      => explode, burst -- (burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb implode

1 sense of implode

Sense 1
implode, go off -- (burst inward; "The bottle imploded")
       => collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder -- (break down, literally or metaphorically; "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")