explosion has definitions from the fields of music,phonetics,sport,golf
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[ noun ] a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

Synonyms

blowup detonation

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

Yet even that explosion did not mean much .

2
[ noun ] the act of exploding or bursting something

Synonyms

burst

Examples

"the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children" "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Hector_Lopez , subbing for Berra , smashed a 3 - run homer off Bill_Henry during another 5 - run explosion in the fourth .

3
[ noun ] (sport,golf) a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball

Related terms

golf_stroke

4
[ noun ] a sudden outburst

Examples

"an explosion of laughter" "an explosion of rage"

Related terms

effusion explode

5
[ noun ] a sudden great increase

Examples

"the population explosion" "the information explosion"

Related terms

increase explode

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[ noun ] the noise caused by an explosion

Examples

"the explosion was heard a mile away"

Related terms

noise

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[ noun ] (music,phonetics) the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant

Synonyms

plosion

Related terms

release stop_consonant

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