What does explosion mean?
Definitions for explosion
ɪkˈsploʊ ʒənex·plo·sion
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word explosion.
Princeton's WordNet
explosion, detonation, blowupnoun
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
explosion, burstnoun
the act of exploding or bursting
"the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
explosionnoun
a sudden great increase
"the population explosion"; "the information explosion"
explosionnoun
the noise caused by an explosion
"the explosion was heard a mile away"
plosion, explosionnoun
the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
explosionnoun
a sudden outburst
"an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"
explosionnoun
a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
GCIDE
Explosionnoun
a sudden and substantial increase; a rapid acceleration; as, the population explosion.
Wiktionary
explosionnoun
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
explosionnoun
A bursting due to pressure.
explosionnoun
The sound of an explosion.
explosionnoun
A sudden uncontrolled increase.
explosionnoun
A sudden outburst.
Etymology: From explosionis, genitive form of explosio, from explodo, from ex- and plodo
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Explosionnoun
The act of driving out any thing with noise and violence.
Etymology: from explode.
Those parts which abound with strata of stone, or marble, making the strongest opposition, are the most furiously shattered; an event observable not only in this, but all other explosions whatever. John Woodward, Natural History.
In gunpowder the charcoal and sulphur easily take fire, and set fire to the nitre; and the spirit of the nitre being thereby rarified into vapour, rushes out with explosion, after the manner that the vapour of water rushes out of an æolipile: the sulphur also, being volatile, is converted into vapour, and augments the explosion. Isaac Newton, Opt.
With explosion vast,
The thunder raises his tremendous voice. James Thomson.
Wikipedia
Explosion
An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases. Supersonic explosions created by high explosives are known as detonations and travel through shock waves. Subsonic explosions are created by low explosives through a slower combustion process known as deflagration.
ChatGPT
explosion
An explosion can be generally defined as a sudden and violent release of energy, typically accompanied by a combination of intense heat, noise, light, and pressure. It occurs when a rapid chemical, nuclear, or mechanical reaction occurs, causing the rapid expansion and release of gases or materials. Explosions can have various causes, including combustion, chemical reactions, or physical force, and can result in damaging or destructive effects on the surrounding environment and objects.
Webster Dictionary
Explosionnoun
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
Explosionnoun
a bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc
Explosionnoun
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.]
Wikidata
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.
Matched Categories
British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'explosion' in Nouns Frequency: #1731
Usage in printed sourcesFrom:
- [["1524","2"],["1563","1"],["1575","2"],["1607","1"],["1635","1"],["1637","1"],["1644","3"],["1645","1"],["1648","4"],["1649","1"],["1685","2"],["1697","4"],["1700","3"],["1701","3"],["1707","2"],["1708","2"],["1712","1"],["1713","13"],["1719","2"],["1720","9"],["1721","1"],["1725","26"],["1728","3"],["1730","3"],["1731","17"],["1734","1"],["1737","1"],["1738","38"],["1740","2"],["1742","17"],["1744","3"],["1745","2"],["1746","3"],["1747","1"],["1748","2"],["1749","4"],["1750","16"],["1751","21"],["1752","11"],["1753","2"],["1754","1"],["1755","8"],["1756","42"],["1757","13"],["1758","41"],["1759","60"],["1760","22"],["1761","95"],["1762","18"],["1763","45"],["1764","41"],["1765","15"],["1766","60"],["1767","224"],["1768","55"],["1769","59"],["1770","35"],["1771","24"],["1772","15"],["1773","94"],["1774","224"],["1775","143"],["1776","162"],["1777","163"],["1778","50"],["1779","73"],["1780","78"],["1781","140"],["1782","64"],["1783","32"],["1784","98"],["1785","179"],["1786","227"],["1787","152"],["1788","206"],["1789","254"],["1790","331"],["1791","122"],["1792","146"],["1793","141"],["1794","252"],["1795","261"],["1796","274"],["1797","181"],["1798","253"],["1799","417"],["1800","378"],["1801","470"],["1802","440"],["1803","503"],["1804","638"],["1805","654"],["1806","607"],["1807","985"],["1808","532"],["1809","778"],["1810","645"],["1811","817"],["1812","471"],["1813","503"],["1814","886"],["1815","1724"],["1816","946"],["1817","1466"],["1818","1253"],["1819","1063"],["1820","1104"],["1821","1197"],["1822","1458"],["1823","1139"],["1824","1396"],["1825","2008"],["1826","1526"],["1827","1755"],["1828","1691"],["1829","1617"],["1830","2211"],["1831","2314"],["1832","2227"],["1833","1812"],["1834","1569"],["1835","2394"],["1836","2483"],["1837","2364"],["1838","2043"],["1839","2592"],["1840","2733"],["1841","2524"],["1842","2388"],["1843","2568"],["1844","2510"],["1845","2783"],["1846","3537"],["1847","2628"],["1848","3290"],["1849","2934"],["1850","3127"],["1851","3164"],["1852","3458"],["1853","3490"],["1854","3953"],["1855","4681"],["1856","6263"],["1857","4375"],["1858","4882"],["1859","4471"],["1860","4566"],["1861","3429"],["1862","3349"],["1863","2732"],["1864","4213"],["1865","3878"],["1866","4212"],["1867","4637"],["1868","4326"],["1869","4193"],["1870","3528"],["1871","3860"],["1872","4404"],["1873","4405"],["1874","4382"],["1875","4327"],["1876","4403"],["1877","4859"],["1878","4951"],["1879","3907"],["1880","4946"],["1881","5393"],["1882","7133"],["1883","5704"],["1884","5193"],["1885","5907"],["1886","7020"],["1887","5732"],["1888","5434"],["1889","6504"],["1890","6663"],["1891","5686"],["1892","7105"],["1893","5872"],["1894","8546"],["1895","7946"],["1896","11880"],["1897","9692"],["1898","10222"],["1899","11555"],["1900","11117"],["1901","9100"],["1902","12042"],["1903","9724"],["1904","10327"],["1905","11659"],["1906","12525"],["1907","11235"],["1908","11245"],["1909","11313"],["1910","10356"],["1911","12163"],["1912","13620"],["1913","12047"],["1914","11319"],["1915","13009"],["1916","11464"],["1917","12843"],["1918","12627"],["1919","13445"],["1920","14554"],["1921","9358"],["1922","10741"],["1923","8827"],["1924","7678"],["1925","8115"],["1926","6890"],["1927","9323"],["1928","8451"],["1929","9685"],["1930","7968"],["1931","9268"],["1932","7628"],["1933","6332"],["1934","7904"],["1935","9254"],["1936","8181"],["1937","9579"],["1938","9419"],["1939","9801"],["1940","9695"],["1941","9796"],["1942","10209"],["1943","10029"],["1944","8113"],["1945","8457"],["1946","11868"],["1947","12687"],["1948","11996"],["1949","11358"],["1950","11941"],["1951","14340"],["1952","12842"],["1953","12591"],["1954","13782"],["1955","13456"],["1956","16137"],["1957","16452"],["1958","16950"],["1959","18976"],["1960","23988"],["1961","23432"],["1962","26867"],["1963","26281"],["1964","26682"],["1965","32195"],["1966","33991"],["1967","33883"],["1968","38009"],["1969","36268"],["1970","38404"],["1971","40124"],["1972","39185"],["1973","39813"],["1974","37778"],["1975","36095"],["1976","42189"],["1977","38669"],["1978","38771"],["1979","43911"],["1980","47060"],["1981","45854"],["1982","48299"],["1983","48469"],["1984","51735"],["1985","55415"],["1986","56671"],["1987","59608"],["1988","60386"],["1989","68062"],["1990","69630"],["1991","67489"],["1992","71817"],["1993","68396"],["1994","73389"],["1995","79601"],["1996","82476"],["1997","87607"],["1998","90159"],["1999","94214"],["2000","109029"],["2001","115331"],["2002","130091"],["2003","135583"],["2004","144410"],["2005","139324"],["2006","142946"],["2007","153516"],["2008","178960"]]
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
We fear a social explosion.
It's an economic crisis, a financial crisis, a political crisis, a health crisis and now this horrible explosion.
The explosion may have been caused by a car bomb.
I heard a huge explosion, and as I turned, I saw a huge fire erupting.
There was just a big explosion and then an aftershock so strong you could feel the wind from it, it was just a flash out of the corner of the eye. It was raining and everyone was huddled near the tree.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
References
Translations for explosion
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
- ontploffingAfrikaans
- انفجار, تفجيرArabic
- взрив, експлозияBulgarian
- explosióCatalan, Valencian
- výbuchCzech
- ExplosionGerman
- έκρηξηGreek
- eksplodoEsperanto
- explosiónSpanish
- انفجارPersian
- räjähtäminen, räjähdysFinnish
- explosionFrench
- ûntploffingWestern Frisian
- pléascadhIrish
- פיצוץHebrew
- विस्फोटHindi
- robbanásHungarian
- պայթյու� Armenian
- ledakanIndonesian
- explozoIdo
- esplosioneItalian
- הִתְפּוֹצְצוּתHebrew
- 爆発, 爆発音Japanese
- აფეთქებაGeorgian
- ಸ್ಫೋಟKannada
- 폭발, 爆發Korean
- تهقاندنKurdish
- diruptioLatin
- sprogimasLithuanian
- sprādziensLatvian
- eksplosjonNorwegian
- explosieDutch
- eksplosjonNorwegian Nynorsk
- eksplosjonNorwegian
- wybuch, eksplozjaPolish
- explosãoPortuguese
- explozie, detunăturăRomanian
- взрывRussian
- mlipukoSwahili
- வெடிப்புTamil
- పేలుడుTelugu
- การระเบิดThai
- patlamaTurkish
- вибухUkrainian
- دھماکہUrdu
- nổVietnamese
- יקספּלאָוזשאַןYiddish
- 爆炸Chinese
Get even more translations for explosion »
Translation
Find a translation for the explosion definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"explosion." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 5 Nov. 2024. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/explosion>.
Discuss these explosion definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In