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implosion
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈpləʊʒən/
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Noun
implosion (countable and uncountable, plural implosions)
- The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
- The action of imploding.
- The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.
- Violent compression.
- A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.
Antonyms
Derived terms
Translations
action of imploding
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Further reading
- “implosion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- “implosion”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025
- “implosion”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “implosion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “implosion”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
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French
Etymology
From im- + (ex)plosion.
Pronunciation
Noun
implosion f (plural implosions)
Further reading
- “implosion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Swedish
Noun
implosion c
- implosion
- Antonym: explosion
- (figuratively) implosion (collapse (of something abstract))
Declension
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References
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