n.
Pronunciation: im- ' pl ō -zh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: 2 in- + -plosion (as in explosion )
Date: 1877
1 : the inrush of air in forming a suction stop
2 : the action of imploding
3 : 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>
– im · plo · sive \ - ' pl ō -siv, -ziv \ adjective or noun