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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Phon.) Formed by implosion.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of implode.
  • adjective That has collapsed inwards

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Examples

  • My science brain just imploded from the nonsensicalness.

    Yorick and Ampersand Suffer From Separation Sickness in Y: The Last Man Movie? | /Film 2008

  • The hatch imploded from the fail safe key, which let off the weird sound and changed the color of the sky.

    The Tail Section » LOST - The Plane Crash From All Angles 2007

  • But then came another setback - the Poptones label imploded, leaving "Exits" without a home and the band with only 6,000 copies of the record.

    The Daily Times News Headlines 2010

  • But then came another setback - the Poptones label imploded, leaving "Exits" without a home and the band with only 6,000 copies of the record.

    The Daily Times News Headlines 2010

  • What McKinnon seems to (wantonly) overlook is the fact that Palin imploded and McBush exposed himself as more of the a**hole he really is about the same time that the economy nosedived.

    Mark McKinnon Dissents a Bit, But Also Defends Steve Schmidt - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • Somalia is a problem that can be looked at on three different levels - a state which has imploded, which is barely functioning, which is suffering from a humanitarian crisis with tens of thousands of internally displaced people.

    AllAfrica News: Latest 2010

  • -- John from Cincinnati -- I loved the writing and some of the characters were intriguing, but the show kind of imploded on itself.

    Why I love "Rome" trinfaneb 2008

  • And, the word "imploded" is never helpful:The Clinton organization had a clear plan A: It envisioned the candidate, as the choice of the party establishment and natural heir to the presidency, to so dominate 2007 that she would be able to corner, not have to capture, the nomination.

    12/10/2007 2007

  • VELEZ-MITCHELL: Well, you made the point already, Nancy, that he kind of imploded, in the sense that he didn ` t deliver what Tom Mesereau said in his opening statements he was going to deliver.

    CNN Transcript May 24, 2005 2005

  • "We kind of imploded a bit," Hesperia coach Pat Brooksher said.

    Victorville Daily Press : 2010

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