Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
IMPLODE
implode, go off
(verb) burst inward; “The bottle imploded”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
implode (third-person singular simple present implodes, present participle imploding, simple past and past participle imploded)
(intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
Antonym: explode
(transitive, computing) To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.
Antonym: explode
Source: Wiktionary
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