implosion

1. A violent collapse inward, as of a highly evacuated glass vessel.
2. Violent compression.
3. The inward collapse of a building that is being demolished in a controlled fashion by the weakening and breaking of structural members by explosives.
4. Linguistics. The pronunciation of a stop consonant with the breath drawn in.

[IN-² + (EX)PLOSION.]

An inward collapse of a vessel, especially as a result of evacuation.

A technique of training or behavior modification in which an extreme version of a feared stimulus is applied and continued until the fear response is diminished.

Implosion can refer to:

• Implosion (mechanical process)
• Building implosion
• Implosion-type nuclear weapon
• Implosion (novel) by D. F. Jones

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