What does explosion mean?
Definitions for explosion
ɪkˈsploʊ ʒənex·plo·sion
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Princeton's WordNet
explosion, detonation, blowup(noun)
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
explosion, burst(noun)
the act of exploding or bursting
"the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
explosion(noun)
a sudden great increase
"the population explosion"; "the information explosion"
explosion(noun)
the noise caused by an explosion
"the explosion was heard a mile away"
plosion, explosion(noun)
the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
explosion(noun)
a sudden outburst
"an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"
explosion(noun)
a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
GCIDE
Explosion(n.)
a sudden and substantial increase; a rapid acceleration; as, the population explosion.
Etymology: [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode.]
Wiktionary
explosion(Noun)
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
Etymology: From explosionis, genitive form of explosio, from explodo, from ex- and plodo
explosion(Noun)
A bursting due to pressure.
Etymology: From explosionis, genitive form of explosio, from explodo, from ex- and plodo
explosion(Noun)
The sound of an explosion.
Etymology: From explosionis, genitive form of explosio, from explodo, from ex- and plodo
explosion(Noun)
A sudden uncontrolled increase.
Etymology: From explosionis, genitive form of explosio, from explodo, from ex- and plodo
explosion(Noun)
A sudden outburst.
Etymology: From explosionis, genitive form of explosio, from explodo, from ex- and plodo
Webster Dictionary
Explosion(noun)
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
Etymology: [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode.]
Explosion(noun)
a bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc
Etymology: [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode.]
Explosion(noun)
a violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath
Etymology: [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode.]
Freebase
Explosion
An explosion is a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures and the release of gases. Supersonic explosions created by high explosives are known as detonations and travel via supersonic shock waves. Subsonic explosions are created by low explosives through a slower burning process known as deflagration.
The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
EXPLOSION
A good chance to begin at the bottom and work up.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
explosion
The sudden enlargement of the volume of a body by its conversion into gas or vapor. (See Explosives.) The explosion of powder may be divided into three distinct parts, viz.: ignition, inflammation, and combustion, all of which see under their proper headings.
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'explosion' in Nouns Frequency: #1731
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of explosion in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of explosion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of explosion in a Sentence
Northwesterns Raffaella Margutti:
A lightbulb was sitting deep inside the ejecta of the explosion, it would have been hard to see this in a normal stellar explosion. But The Cow had very little ejecta mass, which allowed us to view the central engines radiation directly.
***(C)(P) -GANG-JAHGRICULTURAL EXPLOSION= IS A TERM I COINED AND CREATED TO SHOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO THE GROWTH, LEGALIZATION,AND DISTRIBUTION OF GANJA-(MARIJUANA) IN JAMAICA. THIS IS YET ANOTHER WAY FOR BABYLON'S ELITE DOMINATION, AND AN INSTRUMENT OF CONTROL BY THOSE WHO HOLD POLITICAL OFFICES AND INFLUENCE UPON THOSE WHO ARE POOR. THE JAMAICAN RASTAMAN HAS LOST CONTROL OVER HIS SPIRITUAL HERB, AND THE PLAN IS TO REDUCE HIM TO NOTHINGNESS. READ WHAT DETAILS ARE IN THIS ESSAY SHOWN ON ANSWERS.COM WORDPRESS.
Then( he) saw the explosion, went to check it out, saw it was my mother's vehicle, full of bullet holes, completely ablaze.
It has also not yet been determined if the motive was a hate crime, domestic terrorism, a personal act of violence against a specific individual, or other motive as there are numerous individuals and entities tied to the building in the vicinity of the explosion.
Free Patriotic Movement.Ali Damoush:
We have always warned that the wrong economic policies and the imposition of more taxes and burdens on citizens will lead to a popular explosion, people have reached a difficult stage and no longer have the ability to withstand further deterioration in the living situation.
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Translations for explosion
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- ontploffingAfrikaans
- انفجار, تفجيرArabic
- експлозия, взривBulgarian
- explosióCatalan, Valencian
- výbuchCzech
- ExplosionGerman
- έκρηξηGreek
- eksplodoEsperanto
- explosiónSpanish
- räjähdys, räjähtäminenFinnish
- explosionFrench
- ûntploffingWestern Frisian
- פיצוץHebrew
- robbanásHungarian
- explozoIdo
- esplosioneItalian
- 爆発音, 爆発Japanese
- აფეთქებაGeorgian
- 폭발, 爆發Korean
- تهقاندنKurdish
- diruptioLatin
- sprogimasLithuanian
- sprādziensLatvian
- eksplosjonNorwegian
- explosieDutch
- eksplosjonNorwegian Nynorsk
- eksplozja, wybuchPolish
- explosãoPortuguese
- detunătură, explozieRomanian
- взрывRussian
- mlipukoSwahili
- పేలుడుTelugu
- patlamaTurkish
- nổVietnamese
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