IMPLODE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does implode mean? 

• IMPLODE (verb)
  The verb IMPLODE has 1 sense:

1. burst inward

  Familiarity information: IMPLODE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• IMPLODE (verb)

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

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

go off; implode

Context example:

The bottle imploded

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)