implodev.
/ɪmˈpləʊd/, U.S. /ᵻmˈploʊd/ 1. intransitive. To burst inwards (cf. implosion n. 1). Also transitive and figurative.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst > implode
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1881 P. G. Tait in Nature 24 Nov. 92/2 This bulb implodes, then the pressure is applied to the interior of the protected bulb, which, in its turn, explodes.
1913 J. Murray Ocean v. 97 Only those parts of the structure would be burst inwards (‘imploded’) into which water could not enter rapidly enough to equalise the pressure on the two sides, say, of an iron plate.
1973 Sci. Amer. Mar. 46/2 Applied evenly around the surface, these forces would suddenly implode the pellet to a density 100 times higher than that of lead.
2. transitive. To utter or pronounce by implosion.
Derivatives
imˈplodent n. an implosive sound (Funk).
imˈploded adj.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > imploding or imploded
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1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media i. v. 51 Individualism is not possible in an electrically patterned and imploded society.
imˈploding adj.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [adjective] > bursting, shattering, or breaking into pieces > imploding or imploded
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1963 Observer 17 Mar. 3/3 The ‘jet’ could be in the outer part of the galaxy, and might represent part of the imploding star which has broken away.
1964 M. McLuhan Understanding Media i. iii. 35 In our present electric age the imploding or contracting energies of our world now clash with the old expansionist and traditional patterns of organization.
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