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implosion
[ im-ploh-zhuhn ]
noun
- the act of imploding; a bursting inward ( explosion ).
- Phonetics.
- the occlusive phase of stop consonants.
- (of a stop consonant) the nasal release heard in the common pronunciation of eaten, sudden, or mitten, in which the vowel of the final syllable is greatly reduced.
- the ingressive release of a suction stop. Compare plosion.
implosion
/ 瑟尘藞辫濒蓹蕣萧蓹苍 /
noun
- the act or process of imploding
the implosion of a light bulb
- phonetics the suction or inhalation of breath employed in the pronunciation of an ingressive consonant
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of implosion1
Example Sentences
"The entire toy industry could go under. We are looking at the total implosion of the supply chain. It's going to get really ugly," he warns.
Stan Veuger, a senior fellow in economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, a center right think tank, described the Trump administration鈥檚 tariff rollouts as an 鈥渆mbarrassing implosion of the U.S.鈥
But Miller鈥檚 implosion was another troubling sign for the Dodgers鈥 young depth options on the mound.
Finally, Roberts was forced to juggle all these potential implosions with the constant decimation of his starting rotation.
It's a sign of the new world in which we seem to be now that, while US-Ukraine relations are at risk of implosion, the opposite is true for US-Russia ties.
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