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English noun: implosion | |||
| 1. | implosion (event) a sudden inward collapse | ||
| Samples | The implosion of a light bulb. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | collapse | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | gravitational collapse | ||
| 2. | implosion (communication) the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blockage, closure, occlusion | ||
| Part meronym | occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant | ||
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