implosion
English Thesaurus
1. the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant (noun.communication)
part meronym | : | occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant, |
definition | : | a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it (noun.communication) |
2. a sudden inward collapse (noun.event)
hypernym | : | collapse, |
definition | : | a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in (noun.event) |
hyponym | : | gravitational collapse, |
definition | : | the implosion of a star resulting from its own gravity; the result is a smaller and denser celestial object (noun.event) |
3. the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant (noun.communication)
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