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implode Definition

im·plode (im plōd)

transitive verb -·ploded, -·plod·ing

  1. to cause to burst or collapse inward
  2. 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.