Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To collapse inward violently.
- intransitive verb To undergo a catastrophic failure.
- intransitive verb To cause to collapse inward violently.
- intransitive verb To demolish (a building) by causing to collapse inward.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To burst inward: opposed to explode.
- To pronounce by implosion.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To burst inward; contrasting with
explode .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb to
collapse orburst inward violently
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb burst inward
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For that to explode, or implode, is going to be devastating, she explained.
‘Fringe’ Star Anna Torv Says It’s Going To Get ‘Devastating’ » MTV Movies Blog 2009
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The system would implode from the bon mots and snark.
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A revolt will soon follow once all these situations come to a head; this will surely cause us as Americans to implode from the inside and make us vulnerable to outside forces.
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You are about to implode from the weight of your own uselessness.
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I pray every day that one day they will "implode" -- (of course with the animals safely out in the fresh air and green meadows where they belong.)
The Week That Was 2008
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Watching the repukelicans implode is the best entertainment I’ve seen in years.
Think Progress » Let’s Be Blunt: Congressional Leadership Is In Disarray 2005
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Rubin, of course, has left Citigroup, but Parson's remains as chairman of the board, which should scare the daylights out of investors and regulators worried that Citigroup might once again implode.
Charles Gasparino: Citigroup: Too Big to Manage Charles Gasparino 2010
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Inside you will see ideas explode, terms implode, and criticisms argued and debated.
Archive 2007-03-01 Brian 2007
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Inside you will see ideas explode, terms implode, and criticisms argued and debated.
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As it is, all they can look forward to (unless the Conservtives implode, which is not going to happen) is decline.
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