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Definition of Imploding
1. implode [v] - See also: implode
Lexicographical Neighbors of Imploding
Literary usage of Imploding
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Critical, Historical, and Miscellaneous Essays and Poems by Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1882)
"Vain is the imploding glance, the frenzied cry ; All, all is fear; to succor is
to die.— Saw ye how wild, how red, how broad a light Burst on the darkness ..."
2. Dilemmas of Independence: Ukraine After Totalitarianism by Alexander J. Motyl (1993)
"Besides Raisa, Gorbachev's wife, there was nothing left at the imploding center
but Mikhail ..."
3. The Colonial Laws of New York from the Year 1664 to the Revolution by New York (State), Charles Zebina Lincoln, William H. Johnson, Ansel Judd Northrup (1894)
"... That if either of the before named Phillip Schuyler & Edward Collins, Khali
fail in imploding and applying the money so to be Received by Them, ..."
4. Europe and America Beyond 2000 by Pierre Hassner, Gregory F. Treverton (1990)
"Suppose that, rather than imploding, it explodes or gathers its last energies
for a new attempt at escaping its difficulties through military reassertion. ..."
5. The Historical Register: Containing an Impartial Relation of All by C. H. Green (1732)
"... »rd he will always i»ploy that Ship which he c•n hive 40 Shillings cheaper
than the other. This muft put i full Stop to the imploding «f any ..."
6. Russian Money Laundering: Congressional Hearing edited by James A. Leach (2001)
"We want to look to Russia as a country with a great future, not as a country that
appears to be imploding from within, and for this reason, I would like to ..."
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