HyperDic: implode

English > 1 sense of the word implode:
VERBchangeimplode, go offburst inward / inward
implode > pronunciation
Soundsihmplow'd
Rhymesabode ... workload: 51 rhymes with owd...
English > implode: 1 sense > verb 1, change
MeaningBurst inward / inward.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"The bottle imploded"
Synonymgo off
Broadercollapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founderbreak down, literally or metaphorically
Oppositeexplode, burstBurst outward, usually with noise
Spanishimplosionar, implotar
Catalanimplosionar
Nounsimplosionthe initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
implosiona sudden inward collapse

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