Origin of implosion
from in- + (ex)plosionimplosion

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implosion

noun
- A violent collapse inward, as of a highly evacuated glass vessel.
- Violent compression.
- The inward collapse of a building that is being demolished in a controlled fashion by the weakening and breaking of structural members by explosives.
- A catastrophic failure: the economy's implosion during the credit crisis.
- Linguistics The pronunciation of a stop consonant with the breath drawn in.
Origin of implosion
in- 2 (ex)plosion
implosion
stages of the implosion of Baptist Memorial Hospital Medical Center
Memphis, Tennessee

implosion

implosion
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"implosion." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/implosion>.
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implosion. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/implosion

(plural implosions)
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"implosion." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 January 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/implosion>.
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implosion. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/implosion
Sentence Examples
- Stay behind a safety shield or screen if an experiment you are watching could result in an implosion, explosion or fire flash.
- It's happened at the Wall in Germany, in Poland with the Solidarity Movement, the economic implosion of the Soviet Union, Afghanistan independence and now Iraq.
WORDS NEAR implosion IN THE DICTIONARY
- implosion
- implosions
- implosive
- implosively