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IMPLODE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they implode ... he / she / it implodes
Past simple: imploded
Past participle: imploded
-ing form: imploding
Sense 1
Meaning:
Burst inward
Example:
The bottle imploded
Synonyms:
go off; implode
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "implode" is one way to...):
break; cave in; collapse; fall in; founder; give; give way (break down, literally or metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Antonym:
explode (burst outward, usually with noise)
Derivation:
implosion (the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant)
implosion (a sudden inward collapse)
