implosion

Plural: implosions

Noun

• a sudden inward collapse
  • "the implosion of a light bulb"
• the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant
• The inrush of air in forming a suction stop.
• The action of imploding.
• The act or action of bringing to or as if to a center.
• Violent compression.
• A catastrophic failure; a sudden failure or collapse of an organization or system.

Antonyms

explosion