explosion
noun
ex·plo·sion
ik-ˈsplō-zhən 
1
: the act or an instance of exploding
injured in a laboratory explosion
2
: a large-scale, rapid, or spectacular expansion or bursting out or forth
the explosion of suburbia
an explosion of red hair
3
: the release of occluded breath that occurs in one kind of articulation of stop consonants
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Examples of explosion in a Sentence
The filmmakers staged the car's explosion.
The island was rocked by a series of volcanic explosions.
The region has experienced a population explosion.
His comments prompted an explosion of laughter from the crowd.
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Rhine was working on the same ventilation shaft as Jones when the explosion struck.
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Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
The explosions and plane catching fire were put together in post.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 June 2024
A number of the North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded by land mine explosions, the JCS said in a statement, without providing more details on the casualties.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 18 June 2024
Twenty people were inside a Syracuse, N.Y., house that collapsed Tuesday following reports of an explosion.
—Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 18 June 2024
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Madeleine O'Neill, Baltimore Sun, 20 June 2024
The explosions and plane catching fire were put together in post.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 20 June 2024
A number of the North Korean soldiers were killed or wounded by land mine explosions, the JCS said in a statement, without providing more details on the casualties.
—Yoonjung Seo, CNN, 18 June 2024
Twenty people were inside a Syracuse, N.Y., house that collapsed Tuesday following reports of an explosion.
—Raquel Coronell Uribe, NBC News, 18 June 2024
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“Explosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explosion. Accessed 28 Jun. 2024.
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explosion
noun
ex·plo·sion
ik-ˈsplō-zhən
1
: the act or an instance of exploding
2
: a violent outburst of feeling
Medical Definition
explosion
noun
ex·plo·sion
ik-ˈsplō-zhən
: the act or an instance of exploding
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