"implode" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-implode.wav [Southern-England] 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 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)
    Sense id: en-implode-en-verb-rMLK75OU Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 14 24 33 30 Disambiguation of 'to collapse or burst inward violently': 65 27 4 3
  2. (transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-implode-en-verb-~f23sQKV Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English back-formations: 14 24 33 30 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 35 24 23
  3. (computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion. Categories (topical): Computing, Programming
    Sense id: en-implode-en-verb-bmOWK53y Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 14 24 33 30 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  4. (transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-implode-en-verb-VG0U9KbM Categories (other): English back-formations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 14 24 33 30 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Inflected forms

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