EXPLOSIONS Antonyms

• (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle fiber)

• the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together

• a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

• the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope

• brought low in spirit

• (geology) the erosion of soil as a consequence of sand and dust and loose rocks being removed by the wind

• a contraction of economic activity resulting in a decline of prices

• the act of letting the air out of something

• a physician who specializes in psychiatry

• wither, as with a loss of moisture

• draw back, as with fear or pain

• reduce in size; reduce physically

• become smaller or draw together

• decrease in size, range, or extent

• process or result of becoming less or smaller

• the amount by which something shrinks

• the act of stealing goods that are on display in a store

• an abatement in intensity or degree (as in the manifestations of a disease)

• a gradual sinking to a lower level

• the sudden collapse of something into a hollow beneath it

• a sudden inward collapse

• the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant

• An implosive sound; an implodent.

• Formed by implosion.

• a sudden inward collapse

• the initial occluded phase of a stop consonant