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   implode

   /ɪmˈpləʊd/

   verb

   • 1. collapse or cause to collapse violently inwards: "both the windows had imploded"
   • ▪ end or fail suddenly or dramatically: "can any amount of aid save the republic from imploding?"

   Word Origin late 19th century: from in-2 ‘within’ + Latin plodere, plaudere ‘to clap’, on the pattern of explode.

   Scrabble Points: 12

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