Implode (Verb)
Meaning
Burst inward; "The bottle imploded".
Classification
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..
Examples
- The submarine imploded under the intense pressure of the deep sea.
- When the vacuum cleaner picked up the light bulb, it imploded in a shower of glass.
- In the explosion, the windows imploded in a spectacular display of shattered glass.
- The containment vessel imploded when the experiment went catastrophically wrong.
- The poorly constructed building imploded when the storm's high winds hit it.