IMPLODE in a Sentence

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Example sentences for IMPLODE, such as:

1. For that to explode, or implode, is going to be devastating, she explained.
2. The vacuum inside the tube caused it to implode when the external air pressure was increased.

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 Meanings and Examples of IMPLODE
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implode
 v.  collapse or burst inward violently; burst inward
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Example Sentence:
1  For that to explode, or implode, is going to be devastating, she explained.
2  The vacuum inside the tube caused it to implode when the external air pressure was increased.
3  The Justice Department flew in a lead prosecutor from Colorado and planned for a news conference in Washington to announce a lawsuit against Citigroup over mortgage securities that had imploded during the financial crisis.