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Definition implode in British English

implode verb

verb
/ɪmˈpləʊd/
1

if something such as an organization or an economic system implodes, it is completely destroyed by things that are happening within it

Synonyms and related words
go tits-up fail founder
2

to break up violently and fall inwards, or make something do this

Example

an internal vacuum that caused the vessel to implode

Synonyms and related words
blow up explode blow apart
Definition implode in British English