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1. (n.) explosion
an act or instance of exploding; a violent expansion or bursting with noise
2. explosion
the noise of an explosion.
3. explosion
a sudden, rapid, or great increase:
a population explosion.
Etymology: (1615–25; < L explōsiō the act of driving (performers) off a stage =explōd(ere) see explode ) +-tiō -tion)
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| Definition of 'explosion' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) explosion, detonation, blowup
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
2. (noun) explosion, burst
the act of exploding or bursting
"the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
3. (noun) explosion
a sudden great increase
"the population explosion"; "the information explosion"
4. (noun) explosion
the noise caused by an explosion
"the explosion was heard a mile away"
5. (noun) plosion, explosion
the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
6. (noun) explosion
a sudden outburst
"an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"
7. (noun) explosion
a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
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1. (noun) explosion
the violent bursting of sth like a bomb
The explosion destroyed the building.
2. explosion
a rapid increase
the explosion of new businesses in the area
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| Definition of 'explosion' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) explosion
the act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc
2. (noun) explosion
a bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc
3. (noun) explosion
a violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath
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Sense: a blowing up, or the noise caused by this
a gas explosion; The explosion could be heard a long way off.
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 Afrikaans: ontploffing |
 Arabic: إنْفِجار، تَفْجير |
 Bulgarian: взрив |
 Brazilian: explosão |
 Czech: výbuch |
 German: die Explosion |
 Danish: eksplosion; sprængning |
 Greek: έκρηξη |
 Spanish: explosión |
 Estonian: plahvatus |
 Farsi: صدای انفجار |
 Finnish: räjähdys |
 French: explosion |
 Hebrew: פִּיצוּץ |
 Hindi: विस्फोट, धमाका |
 Croatian: eksplozija |
 Hungarian: (fel)robbanás |
 Indonesian: ledakan |
 Icelandic: sprenging; sprengjudrunur |
 Italian: esplosione |
 Japanese: 爆発 (音) |
 Korean: (화약, 내연기관, 화산 등의) 폭발 |
 Lithuanian: sprogimas |
 Latvian: eksplozija, sprādziens |
 Malay: letupan |
 Dutch: ontploffing |
 Norwegian: sprengning, utbrudd, eksp |
 Polish: wybuch |
 Persian: صدای انفجار |
 Pashto: د انفجار غږ |
 Portuguese: explosão |
 Romanian: explozie |
 Russian: взрыв |
 Slovak: výbuch |
 Slovenian: eksplozija |
 Serbian: eksplozija |
 Swedish: explosion, knall |
 Thai: การระเบิด; เสียงระเบิด |
 Turkish: patlama, infilâk |
 Taiwanese: 爆炸，爆炸聲 |
 Ukrainian: вибух |
 Urdu: دھماکا ، انفجار |
 Vietnamese: tiếng nổ |
 Chinese: 爆炸声 |
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