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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Implosion \Im*plo"sion\, n. [Formed by substitution of pref. im- in for pref. ex- in explosion.] 1. A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion. 2. (Phon.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, [sect][sect]159, 189); also a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany. --H. Sweet. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: implosion n 1: a sudden inward collapse; "the implosion of a light bulb" 2: the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
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