单词 | implosion |
释义 | implosion (once / 23975 pages) n An implosion is the abrupt, violent collapse of something large. When an old building needs to be removed to make way for new structures, implosion is often used as a controlled way to destroy it. A real scientific implosion happens when the pressure inside and outside of an object vary so much that the object is crushed, or collapses in on itself. This can happen, for example, to a submarine under water or to a collapsing star in the galaxy. The implosion of a building involves careful small explosions that make the middle fall as the sides collapse inwardly. WORD FAMILYimplosion: implosions+/implode: imploded, implodes, imploding, implosion USAGE EXAMPLESIn The Implosion of Meaning in the Media, the philosopher Jean Baudrillard describes this kind of voter alienation as a tactic. The Guardian(Dec 27, 2016) Le Pen is already relishing the challenge and happily watched Sunday’s implosion of Italy’s political establishment. Seattle Times(Dec 05, 2016) “I think the NFL is 10 years away from an implosion,” the Dallas Mavericks owner told reporters in March 2014. Washington Post(Nov 28, 2016) 1n a sudden inward collapse the implosion of a light bulb Hypo|Hyper gravitational collapse the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object collapse a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in 2n the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant Hyper blockage, closure, occlusion the act of blocking |
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