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IMPLOSION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("implosion" is a kind of...):

blockage; closure; occlusion (the act of blocking)

Holonyms ("implosion" is a part of...):

occlusive; plosive; plosive consonant; plosive speech sound; stop; stop consonant (a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it)

Derivation:

implode (burst inward)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A sudden inward collapse

Example:

the implosion of a light bulb

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("implosion" is a kind of...):

collapse (a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "implosion"):

gravitational collapse (the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object)

Derivation:

implode (burst inward)

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