Implode Definition
ĭm-plōd
imploded, implodes, imploding
verb
imploded, implodes, imploding
To burst or collapse inward.
Webster's New World
To articulate by implosion.
Webster's New World
To undergo a catastrophic failure.
His career imploded after he was caught lying on camera.
American Heritage
To cause to burst or collapse inward.
Webster's New World
To demolish (a building) by causing to collapse inward.
American Heritage
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Origin of Implode
in- + (ex)plode
From Wiktionary
in– (ex)plode
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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