implode

A verb used to describe the act of collapsing or bursting inward violently, often due to external pressure or structural failure.

• 🇪🇸Verbo que describe el acto de colapsar o estallar hacia adentro de manera repentina, a menudo debido a presión externa o fallo estructural. También puede referirse a un sistema, organización o proceso que se derrumba internamente.

1. Collapse inward B2 formal

   To collapse or burst inward violently, often due to external pressure or structural failure.

   • The building imploded during the controlled demolition.
   • The submarine's hull imploded under the immense water pressure.
   • The star will eventually implode and form a black hole.

   🇪🇸implosionar

   Sinónimos: cave incollapsecrumble

   Antónimos: bursteruptexplode

2. Fail dramatically B2 informal

   To fail or collapse suddenly and completely, often in a dramatic or chaotic way.

   • The company's stock price imploded after the scandal.
   • Their relationship imploded after years of tension.
   • The political party imploded due to internal conflicts.

   🇪🇸derrumbarse estrepitosamente

   Sinónimos: collapsecrashcrumbledisintegratefall apartfoldgo under

   Antónimos: flourishprospersucceedthrive

• imploded past participle
• imploded past simple
• imploding present participle
• implodes third person singular