Definitions for implode

implode im·plode

Spelling: [im-plohd]
IPA: /ɪmˈploʊd/

Implode is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 209 anagrams from letters in implode (deilmop).

Definitions for implode

verb (used with object)

  1. Phonetics. to pronounce by implosion.

verb (used without object)

  1. to burst inward (opposed to explode).

Origin of implode

First recorded in 1880-85; im-1 + (ex)plode

Examples for implode

As the housing market began to implode, the banks were keeping more and more of those bonds on their books.

Technically, they did not explode but implode, but the hood with the revolver did not notice the difference.

Contrary to what many are now predicting, Europe—reeling though it is—will not implode.

There are not many real reasons to think the mortgage market is going to implode.

Facing insolvency, can the USPS reinvent itself like European services have—or will it implode?

The Tea Party would prefer “burn baby burn,” for the rotten edifice to implode so that a new one can be built in its place.

Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iraq will begin to implode, confronting Mr. Obama with the deadly choice: cut losses or drown.

The opening bluff in this game has already been called—the economy will not implode next week due to the sequester cuts.

Word Value for implode
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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