Definition of "implode" []

• To collapse inward violently. (verb-intransitive)
• To cause to collapse inward violently. (verb-transitive)
• To demolish (a building) by causing to collapse inward. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "You are about to implode from the weight of your own uselessness."
• "The system would implode from the bon mots and snark."
• "A revolt will soon follow once all these situations come to a head; this will surely cause us as Americans to implode from the inside and make us vulnerable to outside forces."