implosion

From in- + explosion.

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpləʊʒən/

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implosion (countable and uncountable, plural implosions)

1. The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
2. The action of imploding.
3. The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.
4. Violent compression.
5. A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.

• explosion

• “implosion”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “implosion”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026
• “implosion”, in Merriam-Webster.com 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.

From im- +‎ (ex)plosion.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.plo.zjɔ̃/

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implosion f (plural implosions)

1. implosion

   Antonym: explosion

• “implosion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

implosion c

1. implosion

   Antonym: explosion

2. (figuratively) implosion (collapse (of something abstract))

• implodera

• “implosion”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)