implode
verb/ɪmˈpləʊd/
/ɪmˈpləʊd/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they implode | /ɪmˈpləʊd/ /ɪmˈpləʊd/ |
| he / she / it implodes | /ɪmˈpləʊdz/ /ɪmˈpləʊdz/ |
| past simple imploded | /ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/ /ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/ |
| past participle imploded | /ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/ /ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/ |
| -ing form imploding | /ɪmˈpləʊdɪŋ/ /ɪmˈpləʊdɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] to collapse into the centre
- The windows on both sides of the room had imploded.
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- [intransitive] (of an organization, a system, etc.) to fail suddenly and completely
- They lost money when the market imploded.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: from in- ‘within’ + Latin plodere, plaudere ‘to clap’, on the pattern of explode.
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