implode

== English == === Etymology === Back-formation from implosion. === Pronunciation === === Verb === implode (third-person singular simple present implodes, present participle imploding, simple past and past participle imploded) (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently. Antonym: explode (politics, by extension) To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously. (transitive) To cause to collapse or burst inward violently. (computing, programming, PHP) The opposite of explode, array to string conversion. (transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm. Antonym: explode ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Italian == === Verb === implode third-person singular present indicative of implodere == Portuguese == === Verb === implode inflection of implodir: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative