Antonyms for implosion

Grammar : Noun

Spell : im-ploh-zhuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈploʊ ʒən

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Definition of implosion

Origin :

• "a bursting inward," 1829, modeled on explosion, with assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)).
• And to show how entire the neglect and confusion have been, they speak in the same breath of all these explosions, and of the explosion of a mixture of hydrogen and oxygen, the result of which, instead of being a gas or an enlargement of bulk, a positive quantity, is a negative one. It is a vacuum, in a popular sense, because the produce is water. The result is an implosion (to coin a word), not an explosion .... ["Gas-light," "Westminster Review," October 1829]
• In early use often in reference to effect of deep sea pressures, or in phonetics. Figurative sense is by 1960.

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Synonyms for implosion