explosion

Nouns

  • (n) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction blowup, detonation,
  • (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
    burst,
  • (n) a sudden great increase
    • the population explosion
    • the information explosion
  • (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,
  • (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

Synonyms

blowup detonation burst plosion

Words of close approximity

explosive