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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats