implode

Verb

Verb Forms: imploded, imploding, implodes

• To collapse inward violently; to burst inwards.
• burst inward
  • "The bottle imploded"
• To collapse or burst inward violently.
• To collapse or burst inward violently.
• To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.
• To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
• The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
• To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.

Examples

• His game strategy imploded when his opponent played ’QUIXOTIC’ for 100 points.
• Ragusa's campaign imploded after she confused coal mining with oil drilling during a speech.
• The submarine imploded as it sank below its crush depth.

Synonyms

go off

Antonyms

explode