Implode

Verb

1. To collapse or burst inward violently.

   "The submarine imploded as it sank below its crush depth."

2. To suddenly lose support in all areas of a campaign simultaneously.

   "Ragusa's campaign imploded after she confused coal mining with oil drilling during a speech."

3. To cause to collapse or burst inward violently.
4. The opposite of explode, array to string conversion.
5. To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.