Best Opposite Words For EXPLODED
| Word | Save | Syns.. | Usage | Type | ||
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| compressed | adjective adj | |||||
adjective satellite • pressed tightly together • reduced in volume by pressure • flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes) | ||||||
| contracted | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective • reduced in size or pulled together | ||||||
| decreased | verb v | |||||
adjective • made less in size or amount or degree | ||||||
| deflated | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • brought low in spirit | ||||||
| diminished | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
adjective • (of an organ or body part) diminished in size or strength as a result of disease or injury or lack of use adjective satellite • impaired by diminution • (of musical intervals) reduction by a semitone of any perfect or minor musical interval • made to seem smaller or less (especially in worth) | ||||||
| collapsed | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
noun • an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion • a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in • the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink • a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) verb • break down, literally or metaphorically • collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack • fold or close up • fall apart • cause to burst • suffer a nervous breakdown • lose significance, effectiveness, or value | ||||||
| descended | verb v | |||||
verb • move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way • come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example • do something that one considers to be below one's dignity • come as if by falling | ||||||
| dropped | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
noun • a shape that is spherical and small • a small indefinite quantity (especially of a liquid) • a sudden sharp decrease in some quantity • a steep high face of rock • a predetermined hiding place for the deposit and distribution of illicit goods (such as drugs or stolen property) • a free and rapid descent by the force of gravity • a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies; often used as background scenery • a central depository where things can be left or picked up • the act of dropping something verb • let fall to the ground • to fall vertically • go down in value • fall or descend to a lower place or level • terminate an association with • utter with seeming casualness • stop pursuing or acting • remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave • cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow • lose (a game) • pay out • lower the pitch of (musical notes) • hang loosely • stop associating with • let or cause to fall in drops • to remove • take (a drug, especially LSD), by mouth • omit (a letter or syllable) in speaking or writing • leave undone or leave out • change from one level to another • fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death • grow progressively worse • give birth; used for animals | ||||||
| dwindled | verb v | |||||
verb • become smaller or lose substance | ||||||
| failed | verb, adjective v, adj | |||||
verb • fail to do something; leave something undone • be unsuccessful • disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake • stop operating or functioning • be unable • judge unacceptable • fail to get a passing grade • fall short in what is expected • become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close • prove insufficient • deteriorate | ||||||
| imploded | verb v | |||||
verb • burst inward | ||||||
| sank | verb v | |||||
noun • plumbing fixture consisting of a water basin fixed to a wall or floor and having a drainpipe • (technology) a process that acts to absorb or remove energy or a substance from a system • a depression in the ground communicating with a subterranean passage (especially in limestone) and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof • a covered cistern; waste water and sewage flow into it verb • fall or descend to a lower place or level • cause to sink • pass into a specified state or condition; sink into • go under • descend into or as if into some soft substance or place • appear to move downward • fall heavily or suddenly; decline markedly • fall or sink heavily • embed deeply | ||||||
| shrank | verb v | |||||
noun • a physician who specializes in psychiatry verb • wither, as with a loss of moisture • draw back, as with fear or pain • reduce in size; reduce physically • become smaller or draw together • decrease in size, range, or extent | ||||||
| shrunk | verb v | |||||
noun • a physician who specializes in psychiatry verb • wither, as with a loss of moisture • draw back, as with fear or pain • reduce in size; reduce physically • become smaller or draw together • decrease in size, range, or extent | ||||||
| implode | verb v | |||||
verb • burst inward | ||||||