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implosion

/ɪmˈpləʊʒən/

implosion noun: the inrush of air in forming a suction stop.

Noun

implosion (countable and uncountable, plural implosions)

  1. The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
  2. The action of imploding.
  3. The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.
  4. Violent compression.
  5. A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.

implosion meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

implosion in Hindi

action of imploding
अंत:स्फोट ant:sphoṭ

implosion in Urdu

اندرونی دھماکا

implosion in Malayalam

action of imploding
അവസ്ഫോടനം avasphōṭanaṁ

implosion in Kannada

ಒಳಸ್ಫೋಟ, ಅಂತಃಸ್ಫೋಟ

Antonyms of implosion

Forms of implosion

pluralimplosions

Plural of implosion: implosions

Origin of implosion

From in- + explosion.

Words formed from implosion

Phrases with implosion

Questions about implosion

What does implosion mean?
Implosion means the inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
What is implosion in Hindi?
Implosion in Hindi is अंत:स्फोट (ant:sphoṭ). See Implosion meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is implosion?
Implosion is a noun.
How do you pronounce implosion?
Implosion is pronounced /ɪmˈpləʊʒən/.
What is the plural of implosion?
The plural of implosion is implosions.

Words near implosion in the dictionary

  1. imploreth
  2. imploring
  3. imploringly
  4. imploringness
  5. implorings
  6. implosion
  7. implosion bomb
  8. implosion bombs
  9. implosions
  10. implosive
  11. implosively

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Adapted from Wiktionary: implosion (page history and authors); implosion (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); implosion (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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