implosion
noun
im·plo·sion
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Definition of implosion
1
: the inrush of air in forming a suction stop
2
: the action of imploding
3
: the act or action of bringing to or as if to a center
also
: integration
this implosion of cultures makes realistic for the first time the age-old vision of a world culture — Kenneth Keniston