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Definition of Imploded
1. a. Formed by implosion.
Definition of Imploded
1. Verb. (past of implode) ¹
2. Adjective. That has collapsed inwards ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Imploded
1. implode [v] - See also: implode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imploded
Literary usage of Imploded
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Changing Nature of Democracy by Takashi Inoguchi, Edward Newman, John Keane (1998)
"Once the totalitarian or post- totalitarian state, with its extensive command
economy, has collapsed, given up, imploded, or disintegrated, state structures ..."
2. Hakluytus Posthumus: Contayning a History of the World in Sea Voyages and by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... the that ten shil- Subjects (in lieu of readie moneys) becomes a very great
lings imploded J-,x . .... i /• i -iTJ- TTT ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. by Edward Gibbon (1821)
"The churches of Arabia imploded the protection.of the Abyssinian monarch.
The Negus passed the Red sea with a fleet and army, deprived the Jewish proselyte ..."
4. Zaire: Predicament and Prospectsby Jean-Claude Willame, Hugues Leclercq, Peter Rosenblum, Catharine Newbury by Jean-Claude Willame, Hugues Leclercq, Peter Rosenblum, Catharine Newbury (1998)
"... to the astonishment of many observers, even though certain meaningful social,
economic, and political structures have imploded over the past five years; ..."
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