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US
/ˌɪmˈpɫoʊʒən/
]
[ UK /ɪmplˈəʊʒən/ ]
[ UK /ɪmplˈəʊʒən/ ]
NOUN
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a sudden inward collapse
the implosion of a light bulb - the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
How To Use implosion In A Sentence
- We need to understand how a country turned against itself in a paroxysm of cruelty, abetted by certain nations who had a stake in its implosion and ignored by others who thought they didn't.
- Another design is the implosion assembly method in which the uranium or plutonium is severely compressed with the use of chemical explosives. hydrogen bomb is the other main type of nuclear weapon and is also referred to as a thermonuclear weapon or an H-bomb. CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]
- If modern societies, for classical social theory, were characterized by differentiation, for Baudrillard, postmodern societies are characterized by dedifferentiation, the "collapse" of (the power of) distinctions, or implosion. Jean Baudrillard
- And that implosion is a development with far-reaching implications. When No News Is Bad News
- And the admiration and support that Western Leftists regularly displayed for Communism before the Soviet implosion shows that Leftists in democratic countries share the same underlying values as the Leftist totalitarians.
- The implosion of the Soviet regimes and the ensuing collapse of state capitalism caused great suffering to women.
- What if the notion that the buildings collapsed through pre-planted implosion devices is true?
- According to the publisher, it's a coming of age tale -- covering everything from the halcyon days of Palin's Wasilla youth, to the media frenzy of her mother's political ascent, to the implosion of her relationship with baby-daddy Levi Johnston. In other news: Bristol lands book deal; Christina Aguilera busted for public intoxication
- There have been so many sensational corporate implosions this year.
- He suggested that radiation implosion, rather than mechanical shock, be used to compress the thermonuclear fuel.