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implodeimplode /ɪmˈploʊd/ verb ETYMOLOGYimplodeOrigin: 1800-1900 im- + -plode (as in explode) VERB TABLEimplode |
Present | I, you, we, they | implode | | he, she, it | implodes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | imploded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have imploded | | he, she, it | has imploded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had imploded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will implode | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have imploded |
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Present | I | am imploding | | he, she, it | is imploding | | you, we, they | are imploding | Past | I, he, she, it | was imploding | | you, we, they | were imploding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been imploding | | he, she, it | has been imploding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been imploding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be imploding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been imploding |
1[intransitive] if an organization or system implodes, it fails suddenly, often because of problems that it has: The political system is imploding, due to the government’s corruption.2[intransitive, transitive] to explode toward the inside, or to make something do this: The jet’s engine may have imploded. → explode—implosion /ɪmˈploʊʒən/ noun [countable, uncountable] |