Definition
Definition of imploding - Reverso English Dictionary
Adjective
1.
failingundergoing a sudden failure or collapse
- The company was imploding due to financial mismanagement.
2.
physicscollapsing inward violently
- The building was imploding after the controlled demolition.
Origin of imploding
Latin, implodere (to burst inward)
Examples of imploding in a sentence
Their relationship was imploding after years of unresolved issues. The tunnel was imploding due to the earthquake. The star is imploding under its own gravity.
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- French:en train d'imploser, implosant, ...
- German:implodierend, nach innen heftig zusammenbrechend, ...
- Italian:implodendo, implodente, ...
- Spanish:en colapso, implosionando, ...
- Portuguese:implodindo, ...
- Chinese:崩溃的, 正在倒塌, ...
- Japanese:崩壊している, 内破する, ...
- Arabic:مُنْهار, مُنْهَار إِلَى الدَّاخِل, ...
- Hebrew:מִתְמוֹטֵט, קוֹרֵס פְּנִימָה, ...
- Russian:разваливающаяся, взрывающийся внутрь, ...
- Ukrainian:зазнає краху, вибухаючий, ...
- Hindi:ढहता हुआ, अंतःस्फोटी, ...
Definition of implode - Reverso English Dictionary
Verb
1.
physical collapseintr. TECH. collapse inward violently due to pressureintr. TECH.
- The building imploded after the explosion.
2.
array conversiontr. TECH. convert an array to a string in programmingtr. TECH.
- The function implodes the array into a string.
3.
organization failureintr. end completely due to internal problemsintr.
- The company imploded after the scandal.
Origin of implode
Latin, in (into) + plodere (to clap)
Examples of implode in a sentence
The balloon imploded under the pressure. The script uses implode to join array elements with commas. In PHP, you can implode an array to create a single string. The project imploded due to mismanagement. Their friendship imploded after the argument.
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- French:imploser, concaténer, ...
- German:implodieren, umwandeln, ...
- Italian:implodere, convertire, ...
- Spanish:implosionar, convertir, ...
- Portuguese:implodir, converter, ...
- Chinese:向内坍塌, 数组转字符串, ...
- Japanese:崩壊する, 変換する, ...
- Arabic:اِنْهارَ إلى الدّاخِل, دَمَجَ, ...
- Hebrew:לִקְרוֹס פְּנִימָה, לְצָרֵף, ...
- Russian:взрываться внутрь, преобразовывать, ...
- Ukrainian:вибухнути всередину, перетворювати, ...
- Hindi:भीतर की ओर ध्वस्त होना, रूपांतरित करना, ...
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