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What does implode mean?

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Verb
  1. (intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
  2. (computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
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When stars have exhausted their nuclear fuel resources, they implode at the center and expel their outer layers into space.
Two years ago, the dot-com industry began to implode, along with their freebie offerings.
Even if Clinton's nascent campaign continues to implode, O'Malley is still a pronounced underdog – but he has faced tough odds before.
Not until life and existence implode into oblivion, nothingness, will the fighting end.
Unfortunately Mark had a strobe implode and only one picture was developed from this dive.
One of these years, the Groundhog Day spell which dooms the Red Sox to find new ways to implode will be lifted.

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