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implosion

[ im-ploh-zhuhn ]

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noun

the act of imploding; a bursting inward ( explosion ).
Phonetics.
1. the occlusive phase of stop consonants.
2. (of a stop consonant) the nasal release heard in the common pronunciation of eaten, sudden, or mitten, in which the vowel of the final syllable is greatly reduced.
3. the ingressive release of a suction stop. Compare plosion.

implosion

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noun

the act or process of imploding
the implosion of a light bulb
phonetics the suction or inhalation of breath employed in the pronunciation of an ingressive consonant

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Word History and Origins

Origin of implosion¹

First recorded in 1875–80; im- ¹ + (ex)plosion

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Stan Veuger, a senior fellow in economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a center right think tank, described the Trump administration’s tariff rollouts as an “embarrassing implosion of the U.S.”

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But Miller’s implosion was another troubling sign for the Dodgers’ young depth options on the mound.

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Finally, Roberts was forced to juggle all these potential implosions with the constant decimation of his starting rotation.

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It's a sign of the new world in which we seem to be now that, while US-Ukraine relations are at risk of implosion, the opposite is true for US-Russia ties.

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Long before their chart domination, global popularity and, ultimately, their implosion, the Bangles began with an ad on a big board in the Sunset Boulevard shopfront of Musicians Contact Service.

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