To implode is to collapse or to fall apart suddenly. When the building imploded, it collapsed completely and all the people inside were killed.
The building imploded because of the leak in the roof.
The team imploded after they lost the game.
verb
To collapse or burst inward violently.
verb
To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
adjective
That has collapsed inwards
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The building was imploded.
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The refinery was imploded in 2006.
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Pakistani society is not about to implode.
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In 2013, the question won't be if the euro will or will not implode.
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Sales were poor and the band began to implode.
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The original plan was to implode the building in three steps.
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It spilled, causing the ship to implode and thus save the earth.
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The European Union could implode, resetting the political debate.
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Eleemosynary imploded and earned an indefinite block shortly afterward.
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Following the tour however the bands lineup began to implode.