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implode

verb
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊd/
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊd/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they implode
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊd/
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊd/
he / she / it implodes
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊdz/
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊdz/
past simple imploded
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/
past participle imploded
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊdɪd/
-ing form imploding
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊdɪŋ/
🔊/ɪmˈpləʊdɪŋ/
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  1. [intransitive] to collapse into the centre向心聚爆；内爆；向内坍塌
    • The windows on both sides of the room had imploded.房间两边的窗户都向内爆碎了。
  2. [intransitive] (of an organization, a system, etc.组织、体制等) to fail suddenly and completely突然崩溃
    • They lost money when the market imploded.当市场崩溃时，他们赔了钱。
    Topics Difficulty and failurec2
    3. Word Originlate 19th cent.: from in- ‘within’ + Latin plodere, plaudere ‘to clap’, on the pattern of explode.