IMPLODE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Present simple: I / you / we / they implode ... he / she / it implodes

Past simple: imploded

Past participle: imploded

-ing form: imploding

Meaning:

Burst inward

Example:

The bottle imploded

Synonyms:

go off; implode

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "implode" is one way to...):

break; cave in; collapse; fall in; founder; give; give way (break down, literally or metaphorically)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

explode (burst outward, usually with noise)

Derivation:

implosion (the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant)

implosion (a sudden inward collapse)