Implosion
noun
A sudden failure or collapse of an entity from the inside.
The financial implosion of the company led to many people losing their jobs.
Often appears as...
- financial implosion
- implosion of company
noun
An instance when something violently bursts inward.
The nuclear device created an implosion that led to a large explosion.
Often appears as...
- nuclear implosion
- sudden implosion
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Scientific
noun
A sudden failure or collapse of an entity from the inside.
The financial implosion of the company led to many people losing their jobs.
Often appears as...
- financial implosion
- implosion of company
noun
An instance when something violently bursts inward.
The nuclear device created an implosion that led to a large explosion.
Often appears as...
- nuclear implosion
- sudden implosion
Usage tips
Scientific
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphoric Use
Often used metaphorically to describe a non-physical entity's rapid failure.
The implosion of his reputation was unexpected.
Pro Tip 2/3Inward Collapse
Emphasizes the inward movement during collapse, unlike explosions which burst outward.
The weakening structure caused the building's implosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Suddenness
Highlights the abrupt nature of the event; it happens without much warning.
Due to poor management, the club's implosion came swiftly.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphoric Use
Often used metaphorically to describe a non-physical entity's rapid failure.
The implosion of his reputation was unexpected.
Pro Tip 2/3Inward Collapse
Emphasizes the inward movement during collapse, unlike explosions which burst outward.
The weakening structure caused the building's implosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Suddenness
Highlights the abrupt nature of the event; it happens without much warning.
Due to poor management, the club's implosion came swiftly.
Pro Tip 1/3Metaphoric Use
Often used metaphorically to describe a non-physical entity's rapid failure.
The implosion of his reputation was unexpected.
Pro Tip 2/3Inward Collapse
Emphasizes the inward movement during collapse, unlike explosions which burst outward.
The weakening structure caused the building's implosion.
Pro Tip 3/3Suddenness
Highlights the abrupt nature of the event; it happens without much warning.
Due to poor management, the club's implosion came swiftly.
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How math saved my life PIPE...
could be talking about things like this where is what I talked about fusion and what I saw was this a geometric timed implosion that would get the atoms close enough together so that they could fuse
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More Dangerous Than...
any of the housing is protecting our cameras our lights fail they go off like a bomb causing an instant implosion that sends off a shockwave damaging everything around it
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Your body was forged in...
"How is it that this implosion can be reversed into an explosion?" There's a huge amount of debate in the field, but we all agree that neutrinos,
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Pistol Shrimp Superheats...
temperature of the Sun this implosion causes a shock wave that stands
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How math saved my life PIPE...
could be talking about things like this where is what I talked about fusion and what I saw was this a geometric timed implosion that would get the atoms close enough together so that they could fuse
Video examples
More Dangerous Than...
any of the housing is protecting our cameras our lights fail they go off like a bomb causing an instant implosion that sends off a shockwave damaging everything around it
Video examples
Your body was forged in...
"How is it that this implosion can be reversed into an explosion?" There's a huge amount of debate in the field, but we all agree that neutrinos,
Video examples
Pistol Shrimp Superheats...
temperature of the Sun this implosion causes a shock wave that stands
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Quote examples
Chuck Hagel
American Politician
When I came to the Senate in 1997, the world was being redefined by forces no single country controlled or understood. The implosion of the Soviet Union and a historic diffusion of economic and geopolitical power created new influences and established new global power centers - and new threats.
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Yanis Varoufakis
Greek Politician
Even though I resigned as Papandreou's adviser early in 2006 and turned into his government's staunchest critic during his mishandling of the post-2009 Greek implosion, my public interventions in the debate on Greece and Europe have carried no whiff of Marxism.
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Joel C. Rosenberg
American Novelist
Maybe it's time to go back 2,000 years for a spiritual renaissance. If not, our days may be numbered and a terrible implosion is coming. There is no more middle ground. It is one or the other.
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Martin Jacques
British Journalist
Labour was always aligned with the U.S. during the Cold War, but the ignominious implosion of communism reinforced the belief that no alternative to the prevailing common sense was possible.
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Roddy Piper
Canadian Athlete
They say that wrestlers are actors, and they couldn't be more wrong. The truth is wrestling and acting could not be more opposite. Wrestling is explosion, and acting is implosion.
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Dean Koontz
American Author
The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.
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Chuck Hagel
American Politician
When I came to the Senate in 1997, the world was being redefined by forces no single country controlled or understood. The implosion of the Soviet Union and a historic diffusion of economic and geopolitical power created new influences and established new global power centers - and new threats.
Quote examples
Yanis Varoufakis
Greek Politician
Even though I resigned as Papandreou's adviser early in 2006 and turned into his government's staunchest critic during his mishandling of the post-2009 Greek implosion, my public interventions in the debate on Greece and Europe have carried no whiff of Marxism.
Quote examples
Joel C. Rosenberg
American Novelist
Maybe it's time to go back 2,000 years for a spiritual renaissance. If not, our days may be numbered and a terrible implosion is coming. There is no more middle ground. It is one or the other.
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Martin Jacques
British Journalist
Labour was always aligned with the U.S. during the Cold War, but the ignominious implosion of communism reinforced the belief that no alternative to the prevailing common sense was possible.
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Roddy Piper
Canadian Athlete
They say that wrestlers are actors, and they couldn't be more wrong. The truth is wrestling and acting could not be more opposite. Wrestling is explosion, and acting is implosion.
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Dean Koontz
American Author
The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every time piece with a digital readout blinks us towards implosion.
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