implosive
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8.8
- adjective
- /ɪmˈploʊsɪv/
- Specialized
- Subjected to powerful external pressure as well as implosive tendencies, Sao Paulo's previously established political parties and system struggled to survive in the 1930s.
- implosive device
Examples
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In the late 1960s, Joseph Wolpe introduced several imagery-related techniques in behavior-modification therapy: systematic desensitization, aversive-imagery methods, symbolic-modeling techniques, and implosive therapy.
Academic text (2006) -
Something made a loud implosive sound from deep within the robot, then Ator's remaining eye went dark.
Fiction book (2001) -
There are two kinds of angry people: explosive and implosive.
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Implosive therapy has also been utilized to treat this disorder.
Academic text (1993) -
Goodhill proposed the theory that membrane ruptures could occur as a result of both explosive and implosive mechanisms.
Academic text (2008) -
Each B-roll crammed television ad, every news story about traditions and shopping stampedes, makes the birth ever more implosive.
Blog text (24) -
Issawi convinced plenty of the implosive chaos at the heart of the Maliki government when he said, "The tyrant of Baghdad will not keep quiet until he targets all of his opponents."
Academic text (2015) -
When she fomented the nastiness by going rogue with the Ayers argument and her other red-meat attacks, Palin risked sending this country into an implosive civil war.
Blog text (13) -
During an implosive event, increased pressure is transmitted via the eustachian tube and the middle ear to the round window and the oval window; the resultant membrane rupture drives air into the labyrinth and displaces perilymph into the middle ear.
Academic text (2008) -
The singer produced an implosive sound as she drew in her breath, captivating the audience.
Synonyms
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9.9
A sound made when you breathe in through your mouth or nose while speaking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word implosive starts with im- ('in') and shares the same idea as explode ('burst'). So an implosive sound or force is one that moves or collapses inward, like a speech sound made by drawing air in or a structure that falls inward.