imploded; imploding
1
a
: to burst inward
a blow causing a vacuum tube to implode
b
: to undergo violent compression
massive stars which implode
2
: to collapse inward as if from external pressure
also
: to become greatly reduced as if from collapsing
3
: to break down or fall apart from within : self-destruct
the firm … imploded from greed and factionalism—
Jan Hoffman
Jan Hoffman
: to cause to implode
Examples of implode in a Sentence
a controlled demolition during which the entire building imploded in a matter of seconds
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Titan imploded in the Atlantic Ocean at a depth of about 3,500 meters (11,482 feet) as the submersible was descending to the wreck of the Titanic.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
But real stars bubble and churn, especially while imploding, so physicists wondered whether their nonspherical shapes would stop them from forming singularities.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 20 July 2025
The group has kept a low profile since the tour imploded, but Navarro recently told Guitar Player that the group was over.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025
Like Tom Brady, Shohei Ohtani, Steph Curry, Gisele Bündchen, Naomi Osaka and David Ortiz, O’Neal endorsed FTX, which imploded in 2022 and whose founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, was convicted on fraud, money laundering and conspiracy charges before being sentenced to 25 years in prison last year.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 June 2025
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Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2025
But real stars bubble and churn, especially while imploding, so physicists wondered whether their nonspherical shapes would stop them from forming singularities.
—Charlie Wood, Wired News, 20 July 2025
The group has kept a low profile since the tour imploded, but Navarro recently told Guitar Player that the group was over.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2025
Like Tom Brady, Shohei Ohtani, Steph Curry, Gisele Bündchen, Naomi Osaka and David Ortiz, O’Neal endorsed FTX, which imploded in 2022 and whose founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, was convicted on fraud, money laundering and conspiracy charges before being sentenced to 25 years in prison last year.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 June 2025
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“Implode.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/implode. Accessed 14 Aug. 2025.
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