implosion
noun
im·plo·sion
im-ˈplō-zhən 
1
: the action of imploding
2
: 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
Kenneth Keniston 3
: the inrush of air in forming a suction stop
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Their implosion last season, like the Suns’, fortified that this roster-building approach is dying out.
—Jared Weiss, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Multiple sources said its implosion was symptomatic of some broader cultural and process problems that affected the rest of the project, too.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
The Employment Development Department also suffered a managerial implosion, leading to not only the blockage of payments to legitimate claimants, but billions of dollars in payments, mostly out of federal funds, going to fraudsters.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
The vessel’s implosion, which occurred on the submersible’s sixth descent to the Titanic wreckage in the North Atlantic, killed five people, including billionaire and OceanGate’s co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 9 June 2025
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Jared Weiss, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Multiple sources said its implosion was symptomatic of some broader cultural and process problems that affected the rest of the project, too.
—ArsTechnica, 2 July 2025
The Employment Development Department also suffered a managerial implosion, leading to not only the blockage of payments to legitimate claimants, but billions of dollars in payments, mostly out of federal funds, going to fraudsters.
—Dan Walters, Mercury News, 28 June 2025
The vessel’s implosion, which occurred on the submersible’s sixth descent to the Titanic wreckage in the North Atlantic, killed five people, including billionaire and OceanGate’s co-founder and CEO Stockton Rush.
—Addie Morfoot, Variety, 9 June 2025
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“Implosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/implosion. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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