Implosion: alternatives and connections

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Implosion

A burstion inwards, as of a vessel from which the air has been exhausted; -- contrasted with explosion.

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Blockage 76% connected

The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.

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Closure 76% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Collapse 76% connected

To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall i…

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Occlusion 76% connected

The act of occluding, or the state of being occluded.

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Stop 70% connected

To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.

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