implode
verb (used without object)
to burst inward (opposed to explode).
imploded
Example Sentences
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It earned plaudits from Questlove and Snoop Dogg, won a Grammy for progressive R&B album, and hung on as the record business imploded and rebuilt in the streaming era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026
Even Graham Platner, the scruffy Maine oyster farmer, was winning Obama-esque praise before his Senate candidacy imploded.
From Slate ● Sep. 9, 2026
The company was considered one of the winners of the green-energy boom, and demand for wood pellets was rising when it imploded.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2026
In the spring of 2008, shortly before the financial world completely imploded, I traveled around Florida reporting on the real-estate crash.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 14, 2026
Hoyle also realized that if stars imploded they would liberate huge amounts of heat–100 million degrees or more, enough to begin to generate the heavier elements in a process known as nucleosynthesis.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
