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implode - 2 dictionary results

im⋅plode

[im-plohd] verb, -plod⋅ed, -plod⋅ing.
–verb (used without object)
1. to burst inward (opposed to explode ).
–verb (used with object)
2. Phonetics. to pronounce by implosion.

Origin:
1880–85; im- 1 + (ex)plode
im·plode   (ĭm-plōd')   
v.   im·plod·ed, im·plod·ing, im·plodes

v.   intr.
To collapse inward violently.
v.   tr.
  1. To cause to collapse inward violently.
  2. To demolish (a building) by causing to collapse inward.

[in-2 + (ex)plode.]
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