imploder
Makes things collapse
An imploder is something that causes implosion—a violent inward collapse rather than an outward explosion.
The term appears in engineering contexts for devices designed to compress materials inward, and in fiction for weapons or machines that crush targets by collapsing them: The Death Star's imploder reduced the planet to rubble.
Sudden structural failure
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- crumpleCompress into irregular folds
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
- disintegrateBreak into fragments
fragment · demolition · rubble · wreckage · crushing · pancaking · freefall · debris
Explosive initiation device
- triggerWhat initiates action
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- fuseProtective melting wire
- circuitryInterconnected electronic components
timer · switch · activation · controller · remote · demolition · precision · engineering
Actinide, atomic number 94
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- coreCentral essential portion
Pulling via pressure difference
- voidWithout legal effect
- airlessHaving no atmosphere
- evacuationRemoval from danger
- sealedClosed to prevent entry
chamber · depressurization · tube · television · CRT
collapse
Sudden structural failure
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- crumpleCompress into irregular folds
- shatterFragment violently, suddenly
disintegrate · fragment · demolition · rubble · wreckage · crushing · pancaking · freefall · debris
detonator
Explosive initiation device
circuitry · timer · switch · activation · controller · remote · demolition · precision · engineering · safety
plutonium
Actinide, atomic number 94
- fissionNuclear breakup releasing energy
- lensesCurved transparent refractors
- compressionForcing into smaller space
suction
Pulling via pressure difference
- voidWithout legal effect
- airlessHaving no atmosphere
- evacuationRemoval from danger
sealed · chamber · depressurization · tube · television · CRT
imploderbuilder
One who erects structures
constructor · creator · assembler · erector · stabilizer