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English noun: explosion | |||
| 1. | explosion (event) a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction | ||
| Synonyms | blowup, detonation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | discharge | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | airburst, backfire, backfire, big bang, blast, blowback, fragmentation, inflation | ||
| 2. | explosion (act) the act of exploding or bursting | ||
| Samples | The explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children. The burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft. | ||
| Synonyms | burst | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change of integrity | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | detonation, fulmination | ||
| 3. | explosion (event) a sudden great increase | ||
| Samples | The population explosion. The information explosion. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | increase | ||
| 4. | explosion (event) the noise caused by an explosion | ||
| Samples | The explosion was heard a mile away. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | noise | ||
| 5. | explosion (communication) the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant | ||
| Synonyms | plosion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | release, tone ending | ||
| Part meronym | occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant | ||
| 6. | explosion (communication) a sudden outburst | ||
| Samples | An explosion of laughter. An explosion of rage. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | blowup, ebullition, effusion, gush, outburst | ||
| 7. | explosion (act) a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | golf shot, golf stroke, swing | ||
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