implode

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

im·plode [implode implodes imploded imploding] BrE [ɪmˈpləʊd] NAmE [ɪmˈploʊd] verb
1. intransitive to burst or explode and collapse into the centre
2. intransitive (of an organization, a system, etc.)to fail suddenly and completely
Derived Word: ↑implosion
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late 19th cent.: from ↑in- ‘within’ + Latin plodere, plaudere ‘to clap’, on the pattern of explode.

Example Bank:
•The windows on both sides of the room had imploded.

• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  explode, burst