im·plode /ɪmˈpləʊd $ -ˈploʊd/ verb [intransitiveI]1 EXPLODE technical to explode inwards 向心聚爆;内爆 OPP explodeThe windows on both sides of the room had imploded. 房間兩邊的窗戶都向内爆碎了。
2 written if an organization or system implodes, it fails suddenly, often because of faults that it has 〔組織或系統〕突然瓦解,崩潰 SYN collapseMost nations learned their lesson during the 1930s, when trade imploded and incomes plunged. 20世紀30年代貿易大崩潰,人們的收入驟然下降,大多數國家從中吸取了教訓。
—implosion /ɪmˈpləʊʒən $ -ˈploʊ-/ noun [countableC, uncountableU]