implode

The definition of implode is to collapse or burst inward.

(verb)

When a country suffers a sudden economic or political collapse, this is an example of when the country implodes.
When a bomb goes off outside and a building collapses inward, this is an example of when it implodes.

See implode in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb imploded, imploding

Origin: < in- + (ex)plode

intransitive verb

to burst or collapse inward

See implode in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb im·plod·ed, im·plod·ing, im·plodes

verb, intransitive

To collapse inward violently.

verb, transitive

Origin:

Origin: in-²

Origin: + (ex)plode

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