1. A sudden inward collapse
   "the implosion of a light bulb"
    
2. The initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
   "The brief silence before the release of a 'p' sound is an example of implosion"

Derived forms: implosions

Type of: blockage, closure, collapse, occlusion

Part of: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant

Encyclopedia: Implosion