Hydrogen explodes.
Implode means to collapse inwardly, but explode means blow up, or outwards. Exactly
The "plode" part means to clap, from Latin, and the ex- part means "out of" so the original meaning was to drive out by clapping, at the theatre (so perhaps clapping had an opposite function to the present!). Implode is a later word which is a "back formation" as im- suggests inwards movement as opposed to ex- which is outwards.
Bombs are designed to explode outward, causing damage and destruction. An implosion occurs when something collapses inward due to a sudden change in pressure, which is typically seen in controlled demolitions or certain industrial processes. So, bombs do not implode in the traditional sense.
When something bursts inwards, it is said to implode. This occurs when the pressure inside an object is greater than the pressure outside, causing it to collapse or burst inwards.
The titan took approximately 30 minutes to implode.
The opposite of implode is explode.
The antonym of 'implode' is 'explode'.
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Implode means to collapse inwardly, but explode means blow up, or outwards. Exactly
explode, load. see rhymes.com
To explode is to burst outward with force. The antonym of explode is the word implode, which means to burst inward
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As you move upward the external pressure decreases. Thus all would try to "explode" ... but your examples would probably not (they would resist the pressure drop).
It will implode, because there is no air pressure inside of the tube, yet there is 14.7 PSI of air on the outside.
In a controlled demolition it implodes. If a terrorist blows it up it explodes.