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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Origin: | im- + -plode (as in explode) |
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im‧plode
[intransitive]
[intransitive]1 technical to explode inwards [≠ explode]: The windows on both sides of the room had imploded.
The windows on both sides of the room had imploded.2 written if an organization or system implodes, it fails suddenly, often because of faults that it has [= collapse]: Most nations learned their lesson during the 1930s when trade imploded and incomes plunged.
Most nations learned their lesson during the 1930s when trade imploded and incomes plunged. —implosion noun [uncountable and countable]
noun [uncountable and countable]