Associations to the word «Implosion»

Wiktionary

IMPLOSION, noun. The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
IMPLOSION, noun. The action of imploding.
IMPLOSION, noun. The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.

Dictionary definition

IMPLOSION, noun. A sudden inward collapse; "the implosion of a light bulb".
IMPLOSION, noun. The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke