implode

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

• 🇵🇹Verbo usado para descrever o ato de desabar ou explodir para dentro, geralmente devido à pressão externa ou ao colapso da estrutura.

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.

   🇵🇹Implodir

   Sinônimos: cave incollapsecrumble

   Antônimos: 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.

   🇵🇹Fracassar de forma retumbante

   Sinônimos: collapsecrashcrumbledisintegratefall apartfoldgo under

   Antônimos: flourishprospersucceedthrive

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