explosion
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explosion
- /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/ UK
- /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ US
- /ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ US
Where it comes from
From French explosion, from Latin explōsio, from explōdo (“to drive out by clapping”), from ex- and plōdo (“to clap or strike”). For more information see explode.
noun explosions
- A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding. A man was injured by an explosion caused by drilling into a missed shot at the Mendota mine above Silver Plume, Colo.
- The sound of an explosion.
- A sudden, uncontrolled or rapid increase, expansion, or bursting out. As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
Similar: bang, blast, boom, burst, detonation, eruption, fulmination · Opposite: implosion
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: burst, detonation, plosion, explosive, exploding, blasted, blasting, explode, exploded, blowout, outburst, outbreak, surge, bang, upsurge, flash
noun
Similar: bang, blast, boom, burst, detonation, eruption, fulmination · Opposite: implosion
Translations
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noun violent release of energy
| Español | explosión |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 폭발 pokbal |
| 日本語 | 爆発 |
| 中文 | 爆炸 bàozhà, 爆發 /爆发 bàofā |
| हिन्दी | विस्फोट visphoṭ |
| Kiswahili | mlipuko |
| Português | explosão |
| Français | explosion |
| Deutsch | Explosion |
| Italiano | esplosione, scoppio |
| Ελληνικά | έκρηξη ékrixi |
| Română | explozie |
| Русский | взрыв vzryv |
| Tiếng Việt | nổ |
| العربية | اِنْفِجَار infijār, تَفْجِير tafjīr |
| עברית | פִּיצוּץ pitsúts |
noun sound of an explosion
| 日本語 | 爆発音 |
|---|---|
| Kiswahili | mlipuko |
| Italiano | scoppio |
| Ελληνικά | ανατίναξη anatínaxi |
| Română | detunătură |
| Русский | взрыв vzryv |
noun sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out
| Kiswahili | mlipuko |
|---|
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title = {explosion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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