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Definition of: implosion
(im·plō′zhən) noun
1. A bursting inward; sudden collapse: opposed to explosion.
2. Phonet. The initial, sudden blockage of the breath stream in the production of a stop consonant: opposed to plosion. [<IMPLODE, on analogy with explosion]
—im·plo′·sive (-siv) adjective
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