- the act of imploding; a bursting inward (opposed to explosion).
- Phonetics.
- the occlusive phase of stop consonants.
- (of a stop consonant) the nasal release heard in the common pronunciation of eaten, sudden, or mitten, in which the vowel of the final syllable is greatly reduced.
- the ingressive release of a suction stop.
- the act or process of imploding
- the suction or inhalation of breath employed in the pronunciation of an ingressive consonant
