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implode, v.|ɪmˈpləʊd|
[f. im-1 + L. plōdĕre, plaudĕre to clap, after explode; cf. implosion.]
1. intr. To burst inwards (cf. implosion 1). Also trans. and fig.
1881Tait in Nature XXV. 92 This bulb implodes, then the pressure is applied to the interior of the protected bulb, which, in its turn, explodes. 1913J. Murray Ocean v. 97 Only those parts of the structure would be burst inwards (‘imploded’) into which water could not enter rapidly enough to equalise the pressure on the two sides, say, of an iron plate. 1973Sci. Amer. Mar. 46/2 Applied evenly around the surface, these forces would suddenly implode the pellet to a density 100 times higher than that of lead.
2. trans. To utter or pronounce by implosion.
Hence imˈplodent, an implosive sound (Funk); imˈploded, imˈploding ppl. adjs.
1963Observer 17 Mar. 3/3 The ‘jet’ could be in the outer part of the galaxy, and might represent part of the imploding star which has broken away. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media i. iii. 35 In our present electric age the imploding or contracting energies of our world now clash with the old expansionist and traditional patterns of organization. Ibid. v. 51 Individualism is not possible in an electrically patterned and imploded society. |