Meaning

5 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.

  2. (countable, uncountable)The action of imploding.

    Implosion

    импло́зияimplózija, взрывvzryv

    імплозіяimplozija, вибухvybux

  3. (countable, uncountable)The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.

  4. (countable, uncountable)Violent compression.

  5. (countable, uncountable)A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.

    a sudden inward collapse

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Algeria isn't on the verge of implosion.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
action of imploding:
Deutsch
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action of imploding:

Forms

plural: implosions
Singularimplosion
Pluralimplosions

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedimplode

See also

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