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- the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
- a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
- a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"
- the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
- a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away"
- a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"
Similar Words: burst,
plosion,
detonation,
blowup
Hyponyms: detonation,
fulmination,
airburst,
blast,
backfire,
big bang,
blowback,
fragmentation,
inflation
Part Meronyms: stop consonant,
stop,
occlusive,
plosive consonant,
plosive speech sound,
plosive
Derivational Morphology:
explode,
burst,
split,
break open,
detonate,
blow up,
set off,
burst forth,
break loose,
irrupt
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British playwright (born in Ireland); founder of the Fabian Society (1856-1950); United States physician and suffragist (1847-1919); United States humorist... more |
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