implosion
implosion
Definition
im·plo·sion (im plō′z̸hən)
noun
an imploding; specif.,
- a bursting inward
- Phonet. the sudden rush of air into the pharynx that occurs in the articulation of certain stops found esp. in some African languages the sound represented in English by the spelling “tsk” is produced by implosion
Etymology: < in- + (ex)plosion
implosion
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- empire: The rapid implosion of the empire following his death emphasizes just how remarkable an achievement that administration had been.
Converse of object
- cause: It is the x rays which cause the implosion of the fuel capsule.
- follow: The theory is that the underdog wins, and that explosion may follow implosion.
- suffer: In recent years the ACW has suffered an implosion.
- avoid: To avoid implosion, one should care about entry, and to avoid explosion one should care about exit.
Adjective modifier
- eventual: Far from meeting the dynamic global challenges of today, this is a recipe for Europe's eventual implosion.
- sudden: But what was really behind Television's sudden implosion?
- imminent: What it overlooked was the imminent implosion of mobile phone prices.
- parabolic: Tan Lei ( Warwick ) Orbits correspondence in parabolic implosion.
- controlled: Romero said the collapse of the structures resembled those of controlled implosions used to demolish old structures.
Modifies a noun
- system: It used an all plutonium warhead, using a smaller and more advanced implosion system than Blue Danube, using " air lenses " .
- method: Getting the implosion method to work nearly defeated the collective scientific brainpower assembled for the wartime Manhattan Project.
- process: This technique is one of the candidate technologies being considered to make detailed, three-dimensional ' motion pictures ' of the implosion process.
Noun used with modifier
- folk: Are you planning any new material for Sebadoh and/or The Folk Implosion in the near future?
- population: Charlemagne | Europe's population implosion | Economist.com Quick jump navigation.
- time: The other ten which surrounded the Fendahl Core at the moment the local time fissure implosion destroyed it, were simultaneously obliterated.
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