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implosion::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | collapse |
| Has types | gravitational collapse |
| Derivation | implode |
the implosion of a light bulb.
Examples of implosion
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I hope this blows up in their face and France experiences an economic implosion.
From the economist.com
A year ago Sanchez helped save the Cards bullpen from an early-season implosion.
From the stltoday.com
The implosion came on the same day as the Bowl Championship Series invitations.
From the usatoday.com
Workers on a barge survey the results of the implosion of the Champlain Bridge.
From the timesunion.com
With the implosion of the financial system, they particularly have been diverted.
From the charlotteobserver.com
The Soviet implosion could leave a destabilizing void in international affairs.
From the time.com
My father's implosion has been too complete for me to really fear becoming him.
From the newsweek.com
Warning sirens will be sounded two minutes and one minute before the implosion.
From the newsobserver.com
The McGee implosion was one of few anomalies in an Opening Day of the expected.
From the heraldtribune.com
- A sudden inward collapse; "the implosion of a light bulb"
- The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
- (implode) burst inward; "The bottle imploded"
- "Implosion" is the 100th episode and the 15th episode from Season 5 of Ghost Whisperer, it originally aired on March 5, 2010 on CBS in United States.
- Implosion is a process in which objects are destroyed by collapsing on themselves. The opposite of explosion, implosion concentrates matter and energy. An example of implosion is a submarine being crushed from the outside by the hydrostatic pressure of the surrounding water.
- Implosion is a science fiction novel by D. F. Jones, published in 1967, set in a United Kingdom just attacked by an unnamed minor Eastern Bloc country. The weapon used, 'Prolix', is a chemical sterilant, that, once ingested, renders most women sterile.
- (Implode (album)) Implode is an album by industrial group Front Line Assembly. The album was released through Metropolis April 26, 1999.
- Implosive consonants are stops (and possibly affricates) with a mixed glottalic ingressive and pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism. That is, the airstream is controlled by moving the glottis downward in addition to expelling air from the lungs. Therefore, unlike the purely glottalic ejective consonants, implosives can be modified by phonation...
- 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
