implosive

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  1. noun A stop consonant pronounced with the breath drawn in.

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  • The charges were implosive, but obviously not the kind that would crush a man. —  FIASCO - Stanislaw Lem
  • But given the implosive impact of the overall economy on the retail sector, Kampler said filing for bankruptcy could be the death knell for those merchants. —  Land+Living
  • Stewart hopes it to be "less explosive, more implosive." —  New York Press
  • There is absolutely no mystical significance to the fact that the IPA symbol for a voiced palatal implosive slightly resembles the helix symbol from the TV show Heroes. —  The Collaborative Piano Blog
  • If No U Turn-style techstep is defined by deliberately dirty production, bombastic riffs and an explosive psychosis, this new sound is about obsessive-compulsive cleanliness of production, eerie electronic blips 'n' blurts, ultra-complicated basslines, and an implosive neurosis. —  The Wire
 

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/ɪmˈploʊsɪv/
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