implode
verb C1- To collapse or burst inward violently. · The submarine imploded as it sank below its crush depth.
- To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously. · Ragusa's campaign imploded after she confused coal mining with oil drilling during a speech.
- To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
- The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
- To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
He/she/it implodes · Past imploded · Past participle imploded · -ing form imploding
Verb forms
- Base form
- implode
- He/she/it
- implodes
- Past
- imploded
- Past participle
- imploded
- -ing form
- imploding
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