Explode vs. Implosion: Know the Difference

To collapse inward

To become intensely compact

To fail spectacularly

To fail spectacularly

To compress or condense

To fall apart from within

To fall apart from within

To collapse inward

To become intensely compact

A violent collapse inward, as of a highly evacuated glass vessel.

To expand outward suddenly and usually violently due to the force of internal pressure or the release of chemical or nuclear energy

Violent compression.

To burst violently as a result of such expansion.

The inward collapse of a building that is being demolished in a controlled fashion by the weakening and breaking of structural members by explosives.

To shatter with a loud noise

A catastrophic failure

To make an emotional outburst

(Linguistics) The pronunciation of a stop consonant with the breath drawn in.

To increase suddenly, sharply, and without control

The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.

To change state or appearance suddenly

The action of imploding.

(Sports) To hit a golf ball out of a sand trap with a shot that scatters the sand.

The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.

To cause to release energy or burst violently and noisily

Violent compression.

To show to be false or unreliable

A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.

(Sports) To hit (a golf ball) out of a sand trap with an explosive shot.

A bursting inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; - contrasted with explosion.

(transitive) To destroy with an explosion.

The inward-moving detonation wave cause by detonation of explosives arrayed spherically around a core; - a technique used in atomic bombs to compress fissionable material to allow a chain reaction time to produce an explosion of the fissionable material.

(transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.

A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, 159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany.

(transitive) To create an exploded view of.

A sudden inward collapse;

To disprove or debunk.

The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant

(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

To compress or condense

To make a violent or emotional outburst.

To increase suddenly.

To ejaculate.

To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.

To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.

(transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.

Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.

To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as, gunpowder explodes.

To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.

To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.

To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play.

To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine.

To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire.

To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.

Cause to explode;

Burst outward, usually with noise;

Show a violent emotional reaction;

Be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise;

Destroy by exploding;

Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/

Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval

Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete

Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner;