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explosion
[ ik-sploh-zhuhn ]
noun
- the noise itself:
The loud explosion woke them.
- a violent outburst, as of laughter or anger.
- a sudden, rapid, or great increase:
a population explosion.
- the burning of the mixture of fuel and air in an internal-combustion engine.
- Phonetics. plosion.
explosion
/ ɪkˈspləʊʒən /
noun
- the act or an instance of exploding
- a violent release of energy resulting from a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction, esp one that produces a shock wave, loud noise, heat, and light Compare implosion
- a sudden or violent outburst of activity, noise, emotion, etc
- a rapid increase, esp in a population
- phonetics another word for plosion
explosion
/ ĭk-splō′zhən /
- A violent blowing apart or bursting caused by energy released from a very fast chemical reaction, a nuclear reaction, or the escape of gases under pressure.
Other Words From
- postex·plosion adjective
- preex·plosion noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of explosion1
Word History and Origins
Origin of explosion1
Example Sentences
Pleasure shoots magically in every direction like an explosion of sparks.
At least two people were injured in the explosion but no fatalities have been reported.
But since that explosion of popularity, Angry Birds has become about everything else.
Even a relatively small 250-pound bomb could kill or injure friendly troops who are within 650 feet of the explosion.
Now is hardly the time to be doing anything on the so-called peace process other than trying to avoid an explosion on the ground.
Every light in the hall was ablaze; every lamp turned as high as it could be without smoking the chimney or threatening explosion.
And when Lessard flung out that last unthinkable accusation, the explosion came.
Ribsy snapped at it, and swallowed it, and the next instant disappeared with a tremendous explosion in a great cloud of smoke.
An explosion took place in the Blackheath coal mines, Virginia; by which of the twenty-three workmen only one escaped death.
The Turks fired a mine under Quinn's Post and then rushed a section of the defence isolated by the explosion.
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