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implode

Verb (usu participle), Verb (transitive)

im=plode

WORDNET DICTIONARY

is one way to break, cave in, collapse, fall in, founder, give, give way

Antonym: explode

Derived forms noun implosion₂, noun implosion₁

Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

implode, v. i.

To burst inward; contrasting with explode. [PJC]

implode, v.intr. & tr. burst or cause to burst inwards.

Derivative

implosion n. implosive adj.

Etymology

IN-(2) + L - plodere, after EXPLODE

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