explosion
Nouns
- (n) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction blowup, detonation,
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(n) the act of exploding or bursting
- the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children
- the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
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(n) a sudden great increase
- the population explosion
- the information explosion
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(n) the noise caused by an explosion
- the explosion was heard a mile away
- (n) the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant plosion,
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(n) a sudden outburst
- an explosion of laughter
- an explosion of rage
- (n) a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball