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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition

IMPLODE

verb (imploded; imploding)
Etymology: 2in- + -plode (as in explode)
Date: 1881
intransitive verb

1. to burst inward , to undergo violent compression , to collapse inward as if from external pressure, to break down or fall apart from within ; self-destruct , transitive verb to cause to implode