implodeverb [ I ]
uk/ɪmˈpləʊd/us/ɪmˈploʊd/specialized physics to fall towards the inside with force:
The vacuum inside the tube caused it to implode when the external air pressure was increased.
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explode
to fail suddenly and completely and be unable to operate:
Their economy is in danger of imploding.
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Exploding and erupting
- blast
- blow (sb/sth) up
- blowout
- burst
- burst in on sb/sth
- burst in/into (somewhere)
- detonate
- explode
- explosion
- explosive
- flare
- go
- go off
- go pop idiom
- go up
- ignite
- live
- pop
- set
- set sth off
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implosion
noun [ C or U ] uk/ɪmˈpləʊ.ʒən/us/ɪmˈploʊ.ʒən/specialized