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Synonyms for implosion
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : im-ploh-zhuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈploʊ ʒən |
Top 10 synonyms for implosion Other synonyms for the word implosion
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- default
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- delinquency
- dereliction
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- neglect
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- omission
- overthrow
- rout
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- unsuccess
- unsuccessfulness
- washout
- wreck
Définition 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.
- As in insolvency : noun failure
- As in nonfeasance : noun failure
- As in unsuccess : noun failure
- As in unsuccessfulness : noun failure
- As in failure : noun lack of success
Antonyms for implosion
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