implosion
noun
im·plo·sion
im-ˈplō-zhən 
1
: the action of imploding
2
: the act or action of bringing to or as if to a center
also
: integration
This implosion of cultures makes realistic for the first time the age-old vision of a world culture … —
Kenneth Keniston
Kenneth Keniston 3
: the inrush of air in forming a suction stop
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Such tests could be used in research toward compressing a core of uranium with explosives — something that is needed for an implosion-style nuclear weapon.
—Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Witness, for instance, the vitriol that marked the implosion of the Titan submersible near the Titanic’s wreck, or the concept of Darwin Awards for those who die in extreme ways, including extreme sports.
—Christopher Ferguson, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The tax’s defenders counter that claims of a Los Angeles real estate market implosion are overblown.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Jan. 2026
Some two decades after the debacle of Iraq, the subjective preferences of metropolitan journalism are more widely exposed and, as the implosion of the Washington Post illustrates, the owners of media organs are revealed to be aggressively self-interested.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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Jon Gambrell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Witness, for instance, the vitriol that marked the implosion of the Titan submersible near the Titanic’s wreck, or the concept of Darwin Awards for those who die in extreme ways, including extreme sports.
—Christopher Ferguson, Big Think, 29 Jan. 2026
The tax’s defenders counter that claims of a Los Angeles real estate market implosion are overblown.
—Calmatters, Oc Register, 29 Jan. 2026
Some two decades after the debacle of Iraq, the subjective preferences of metropolitan journalism are more widely exposed and, as the implosion of the Washington Post illustrates, the owners of media organs are revealed to be aggressively self-interested.
—Sean Williams, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Implosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/implosion. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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