Imploder
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A person who directs their anger inward.
"To a certain extent anger is natural. The therapeutic question is to determine how anger affects attitude and managerial skills. In general, anger behaviour results in the so-called anger personalities: the exploders and the imploders."
- 2 A device used to create underwater shock waves by causing water to rush into a region of low pressure.
- 3 A weapon or other device that causes implosion.
"Ship to ship actions once again became brutally short. Warhead designers quickly realized that they could change the compression pattern and sequence of the new gravitic imploders to somewhat shape the resulting release of radiation."
Example
More examples"To a certain extent anger is natural. The therapeutic question is to determine how anger affects attitude and managerial skills. In general, anger behaviour results in the so-called anger personalities: the exploders and the imploders."
Etymology
From implode + -er.
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