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Webster 1913 Edition
Explosion
Ex-plo′sion
,Noun.
1.
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.
A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure;
as, the
explosion
of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.3.
A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.;
as, an
. explosion
of wrathA formidable
explosion
of high-church fanaticism. Macaulay.
Webster 1828 Edition
Explosion
EXPLO'SION
,Noun.
1.
A bursting with noise; a bursting or sudden expansion of any elastic fluid,with force and a loud report; as the explosion of powder.2.
The discharge of a piece of ordnance with a loud report.3.
The sudden burst of sound in a volcano, &c.Definition 2024
Explosion
explosion
explosion
English
Three explosions
Noun
explosion (plural explosions)
- A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
- 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
- Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
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- A bursting due to pressure.
- The sound of an explosion.
- A sudden uncontrolled increase.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 3-4
- 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.
- 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 3-4
- A sudden outburst.
- 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition. It is therefore dealing with pollution in two ways—suppression and mitigation.
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violent release of energy
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bursting due to pressure
sound of an explosion
sudden increase
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sudden outburst
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French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛk.splo.zjɔ̃/
Noun
explosion f (plural explosions)