"implode" meaning in English

See implode in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-implode.wav Forms: implodes [present, singular, third-person], imploding [participle, present], imploded [participle, past], imploded [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from implosion. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|implosion}} Back-formation from implosion Head templates: {{en-verb}} implode (third-person singular simple present implodes, present participle imploding, simple past and past participle imploded)
  1. (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-implode-en-verb-rMLK75OU
  2. (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
    (politics, by extension) To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.
    Tags: broadly, intransitive Categories (topical): Politics
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  3. (transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-implode-en-verb-~f23sQKV
  4. (computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion. Categories (topical): Computing, Programming
    Sense id: en-implode-en-verb-bmOWK53y Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  5. (transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-implode-en-verb-VG0U9KbM Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (to collapse or burst inward violently): luhistua (Finnish), romahtaa (Finnish), imploser (French), implozar (Ido), implodere (Italian), implodere (Norwegian), kollapse (Norwegian), implodować (Polish), implodir (Portuguese), взрываться (alt: вовнутрь) (Russian), implosionar (Spanish), implodera (Swedish), yıkılmak (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'to collapse or burst inward violently': 40 40 16 2 2

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to collapse or burst inward violently",
      "word": "implodir"
    },
    {
      "alt": "вовнутрь",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "to collapse or burst inward violently",
      "word": "взрываться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to collapse or burst inward violently",
      "word": "implosionar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to collapse or burst inward violently",
      "word": "implodera"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to collapse or burst inward violently",
      "word": "yıkılmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "implode"
}

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  "title": "implode",
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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: computing, programming, PHP",
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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/2028",
  "msg": "more than one value in \"alt\": vzryvatʹsja (vovnutrʹ) vs. вовнутрь",
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