implosive
Bursting violently inward
Implosive describes something that collapses or bursts inward rather than outward.
An implosive force compresses toward a center: The submarine's hull failed under implosive pressure.
In phonetics, an implosive consonant is produced by drawing air inward while closing the vocal tract—sounds found in various African and Asian languages but not standard English.
Moving body of air
- clickBrief sharp noise
- bilabialMade with both lips
- velarSoft-palate speech sound
- glottalOf the throat opening
alveolar · palatal · consonant · plosive · stop · voiced · voiceless · articulation
Toward the inside
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- crumbleFragment gradually
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
- controlledKept within limits
building · structure · disintegrate · subside · fall · shatter · razing · fragmentation
Situated within
- suppressedForcibly held down
- bottledStored in glass vessels
- repressedHeld back from expression
- withdrawalAct of taking away
shutdown · meltdown · breakdown · silent · inward-turning · self-destructive · overwhelm · collapse
Absence of matter
- drawCreate with pencil
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- collapseSudden structural failure
- engulfCompletely surround and cover
cavity · vessel · sealed · atmospheric · differential
airstream
Moving body of air
glottal · alveolar · palatal · consonant · plosive · stop · voiced · voiceless · articulation · phonation
inward
Toward the inside
- cave-inUnderground passage collapse
- crumbleFragment gradually
- demolitionDeliberate structural destruction
controlled · building · structure · disintegrate · subside · fall · shatter · razing · fragmentation · pressure
internal
Situated within
- suppressedForcibly held down
- bottledStored in glass vessels
- repressedHeld back from expression
withdrawal · shutdown · meltdown · breakdown · silent · inward-turning · self-destructive · overwhelm · collapse · psyche
vacuum
Absence of matter
- drawCreate with pencil
- compressionForcing into smaller space
- collapseSudden structural failure
engulf · cavity · vessel · sealed · atmospheric · differential
- phoneticsphonemes, phoneme, vocal folds, consonants, vowels
- airstream mechanismsclick, clicks, initiator
- glottalics
- IPA symbolsschwa, theta, tie bar, small caps, stress mark
- consonantsd, h, q, r, w
- plosivesd