| VERB | change | implode, go off | burst inward / inward |
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| Sounds | ihmplow'd | |
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| Rhymes | abode ... workload: 51 rhymes with owd... | |
| Meaning | Burst inward / inward. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The bottle imploded" | |
| Synonym | go off | |
| Broader | collapse, fall in, cave in, give, give way, break, founder | break down, literally or metaphorically |
| Opposite | explode, burst | Burst outward, usually with noise |
| Spanish | implosionar, implotar | |
| Catalan | implosionar | |
| Nouns | implosion | the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant |
| implosion | a sudden inward collapse | |
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