Meaning & use
Implodes
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Collapses or bursts violently inward, or, figuratively, fails suddenly and completely from internal pressure.
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The old cooling tower implodes in a matter of seconds once the charges are detonated.
Without new leadership, the startup implodes within a year, crushed by internal disputes.
A note on using this word
Implode is the inward counterpart of explode, formed by combining the prefix 'in-' with the Latin plaudere, 'to clap.'
Words with a similar meaning
collapsescaves in
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Words with an opposite meaning
explodes
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