Implosion

[im·plo·sion]

An implosion is the abrupt, violent collapse of something large. When an old building needs to be removed to make way for new structures, implosion is often used as a controlled way to destroy it.

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A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.

Noun
the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant

Noun
a sudden inward collapse; "the implosion of a light bulb"


n.
A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.

n.
A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany.


Implosion

Im*plo"sion , n. [Formed by substitution of pref. im- in for pref. ex- in explosion.] 1. A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion. 2. (Phon.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, §§159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany. H. Sweet.

A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.

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