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implosion
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
See implosion in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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