im‧plode /ɪmˈpləʊd $ -ˈploʊd/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: im- + -plode (as in explode)]

1. technical to explode inwards Antonym : explode:
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 Synonym : collapse:
Most nations learned their lesson during the 1930s, when trade imploded and incomes plunged.
—implosion /ɪmˈpləʊʒən $ -ˈploʊ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]

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