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To: Batgirl who wrote (978)2/10/1999 2:10:00 PM
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im*plode (verb) im*plod*ed; im*plod*ing

[in- [2] + -plode (as in explode)]

verb intransitive

First appeared 1881

1 a : to burst inward <a blow causing a vacuum tube to ~>

b : to undergo violent compression <massive stars which ~>

2 : to collapse inward as if from external pressure; also : to become greatly reduced as if from collapsing

verb transitive

: to cause to implode
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