implode
implode
Definition
im·plode (im plōd′)
transitive verb -·plod′ed, -·plod′·ing
- to cause to burst or collapse inward
- Phonet. to articulate by implosion
Etymology: < in- + (ex)plode
intransitive verb
to burst or collapse inward
implode
Usage Examples
Object
- family: His imploding family daily lives at against morris collapsed the chairman of.
- system: Salome's exploitation of what the political system offers allows her to implode the system upon itself to feed what she desires.
- water: This device is a silver plated triple coil containing highly energized imploded water.
- band: But while the aforementioned bands imploded upon their seminal release, Thursday have kept striving to perfect their sound.
- economy: An imploding North Korean economy would create a massive flow of refugees across China's border.
- core: A neutron star is the imploded core of a massive star after it has exploded as a supernova.
Preposition: at
- point: To make what we infer to be a sub-atomic particle, waves had to be focused: to implode at a selected point.
Adjective complement
- due: However the tendency to implode due to the zero growth rate mean assumption is still at work: slowly, big firms keep shrinking.
Modifying Another Word
- then: They get heavy use, so they just seem to pack up and slowly go abit bonkers, and then implode.
- finally: The language finally implodes in the face of the worst crimes, .. .
- n't: Comments: 2 » Radio 4 theme axed; world does n't implode It takes a brave Radio 4 controller to actually control anything.
- just: How does the ship not just implode or melt?
- all: Four secular possibilities, four literary genres: all implode.
- dramatically: That is why it has sustained itself through three election victories and why the Conservative hegemony of a generation has so dramatically imploded.
Used with why or when
- when: The party implodes when the costume of The Pterodactyl Ghost comes to life and begins wreaking havoc on the museum guests.
Present participle complement
- result: In particular, food type vacuum flasks must not be used as they can implode resulting in flying glass fragments.
Preposition: under
- weight: It begs the question of how long a market can be milked before it implodes under the weight of its own mediocrity.
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