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Implosion Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -sion

Implosion has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a sudden inward collapse

"the implosion of a light bulb"

2

the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant

3

The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
collapse blockage
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
gravitational collapse
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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