Implosion can refer to:

Physics

Implosion (mechanical process) Implosion is a process in which objects are destroyed by collapsing (or being squeezed in) on themselves. The opposite of explosion (which expands the volume), implosion reduces the volume occupied and concentrates matter and energy. True implosi ...

Building implosion In the controlled demolition industry, building implosion is the strategic placing of explosive material and timing of its detonation so that a structure collapses on itself in a matter of seconds, minimizing the physical damage to its immedia ...

Implosion-type nuclear weapon Nuclear weapon designs are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate. There are three existing basic design types: * pure fission weapons, the simplest and least technically ...

* In phonetics, an airstream mechanism associated with

implosive consonant Implosive consonants are a group of stop consonants (and possibly also some affricates) with a mixed glottalic ingressive and pulmonic egressive airstream mechanism.''Phonetics for communication disorders.'' Martin J. Ball and Nicole Müller. R ...

s * Gravitational collapse (and more specifically, core collapse) in cosmology * Parabolic implosion in

complex dynamics Complex dynamics is the study of dynamical systems defined by iteration of functions on complex number spaces. Complex analytic dynamics is the study of the dynamics of specifically analytic functions. Techniques *General **Montel's theorem ** P ...

Art, entertainment and media

Books

* ''Implosion'' (novel), by D. F. Jones *''Implosion'', book by

Kathy Acker Kathy Acker (April 18, 1947 isputed– November 30, 1997) was an American experimental novelist, playwright, essayist, and postmodernist writer, known for her idiosyncratic and transgressive writing that dealt with themes such as childhood trau ...

Mark Magill 1983 *''Implosion'', romantic novel by Berinn Rae Crimson Romance 2013 *''Implosion'', non-fiction book by

Joel C. Rosenberg Joel C. Rosenberg (born April 17, 1967) is an American-Israeli communications strategist, author, and non-profit executive. He has written sixteen novels about terrorism and Bible prophecy, including the Gold Medallion Book Award-winner ''The E ...

Film and TV

*''Implosion'', 1983 short film directed by E. Elias Merhige *''Implosion'', 2009 German film with

Marie Tourell Søderberg Marie Tourell Søderberg (born 26 July 1988) is an actress known for 1864 (2014) and Itsi Bitsi (2015). She graduated from Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in New York in 2007 and finished her education at the Danish National School of P ...

*''Implosion'', 2011 German film with

Eriq Ebouaney Eriq Ebouaney (born 3 October 1967) is a French actor. He is best known for his portrayal as the Congolese Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba in the 2000 film '' Lumumba'', as "Blacktie" in Brian De Palma's '' Femme Fatale'' and as "Ice" in the 2008 ...

*''Implosion'', a 2016 film by Steven Woloshen

Music

*''Implosion'', album by Cybotron (Australian band) Aztec Music 2005 *''Implosion'', album by False Prophets (band) Alternative Tentacles 1987 * '' ''Implosions'' (album)'', album by Stephan Micus 1977 *''Implosions'', album by

Stanley Clarke Stanley Clarke (born June 30, 1951) is an American bassist, film composer and founding member of Return to Forever, one of the first jazz fusion bands. Clarke gave the bass guitar a prominence it lacked in jazz-related music. He is the first ja ...

1987 *''Implosions'', video album by

1987

Video games

* '' Implosion - Never Lose Hope'', a 2015 iOS game by