Definitions for implodes

implodes im·plode

Spelling: [im-plohd]
IPA: /ɪmˈploʊd/

Implodes is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 423 anagrams from letters in implodes (deilmops).

Definitions for implodes

verb (used with object)

  1. Phonetics. to pronounce by implosion.

verb (used without object)

  1. to burst inward (opposed to explode).

Origin of implodes

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

Examples for implodes

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.

Word Value for implodes
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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