explosion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ (US)
- (US) audio
- /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/ (US)
- /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From French explosion, from Latin explōsiōnis, genitive form of explōsio, from explōdo (“to drive out by clapping”), from ex- and plōdo (“to clap or strike”). For more information see explode.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
1913, Mining and Engineering World, page 171:
- (countable, uncountable) The sound of an explosion.
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(countable, uncountable) 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.
1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 3-4: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.
2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:Her image is supposedly rebellious, but she looks scrubbed and healthy, with an explosion of blonde hair and generous curves shoved into too-tight clothing.
2005 June 3, Mark Tungate, Media Monoliths: How Great Media Brands Thrive and Survive, Kogan Page Publishers, →ISBN, page 38:Meteorologists describe this medieval warm epoch as the ‘Little Optimum’, and they cite it as the explanation of such phenomena as the Viking explosion into Russia, France, Iceland, and the northwestern Atlantic.
1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 139:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| explosions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
explosion ship · controlled explosion · microexplosion · like an explosion in a paint factory · hyperexplosion · hyper-explosion · Cambrian explosion · explosionlike · Coulomb explosion · counterexplosion · bacon explosion · nuclear explosion · cryptoexplosion · explosiony · nonexplosion · explosion-proof · explosionproof · explosion shot · superexplosion · smoke explosion · hyper explosion · implosion
Relateds
explosive · explode · in . · principle of explosion
Synonyms
bang · boom · blast · burst · fulmination · eruption · detonation
Translations (135)
ja 爆発音 (sound of an explosion) · nn eksplosjon (violent release of energy) · nn eksplosjon (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out) · cmn 爆炸 (violent release of energy) · ta எதிர்பாராத வளர்ச்சி (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out) · fi räjähtäminen (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out) · fa ترکش (violent release of energy) · da eksplosion (violent release of energy) · cs výbuch (violent release of energy) · az partlayış (violent release of energy) · tg инфиҷор (violent release of energy) · ta வெடி (violent release of energy) · id eksplosi (violent release of energy) · dsb eksplozija (violent release of energy) · be вы́бух (violent release of energy) · id ledakan (violent release of energy) · sq shpërthim (violent release of energy) · sv explosion (violent release of energy) · pl gwałtowny wzrost (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out) · lo ການລະເບີດ (violent release of energy) · hi विस्फोट (violent release of energy) · kk жарылыс (violent release of energy) · ovd eksplusiuon (violent release of energy) · pap eksploshon (violent release of energy) · el ανατίναξη (sound of an explosion) · ky жарылыш (violent release of energy) · eu leherketa (violent release of energy) · gl estouro (sound of an explosion) · ml സ്ഫോടനം (violent release of energy) · bn বিস্ফোরণ (violent release of energy) · ar تَفْجِير (violent release of energy) · tl pagsabog (violent release of energy) · cy tanchwa (violent release of energy) · hy պայթյուն (violent release of energy) · gl estoupido (sound of an explosion) · af ontploffing (violent release of energy) · io explozo (violent release of energy) · pam akbung (violent release of energy) · bg експло́зия (violent release of energy) · ug پارتىلاش (violent release of energy) · fa اِنْفِجار (violent release of energy) · kmr teqîn (violent release of energy) · te పేలుడు (violent release of energy) · mn тэсрэлт (violent release of energy) · tg таркиш (violent release of energy) · ta திடீர் பெருக்கம் (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out) · uz portlash (violent release of energy) · gl explosión (violent release of energy) · xal хаһрлһн (violent release of energy) · mn дэлбэрэлт (violent release of energy) · es explosión (violent release of energy) · mr स्फोट (violent release of energy) · la diruptio (violent release of energy) · lv sprādziens (violent release of energy) · ca explosió (violent release of energy) · fo spreinging (violent release of energy) · ko 폭발 (violent release of energy) · et plahvatus (violent release of energy) · ckb تەقاندن (violent release of energy) · it scoppio (sound of an explosion) · ms letupan (violent release of energy) · ms ledakan (violent release of energy) · sh ѐкспло̄зија (violent release of energy) · sh èksplōzija (violent release of energy) · ar اِنْفِجَار (violent release of energy) · nl ontploffing (violent release of energy) · ky жарылуу (violent release of energy) · pl eksplozja (violent release of energy) · pt explosão (violent release of energy) · sw mlipuko (sound of an explosion) · vi nổ (violent release of energy) · ce эккхийтар (violent release of energy) · nb eksplosjon (violent release of energy) · ro detunătură (sound of an explosion) · pl wybuch (violent release of energy) · ce эккхар (violent release of energy) · grc ἔκρηξις (violent release of energy) · sk výbuch (violent release of energy) · mi rengapapā (sound of an explosion) · la displosio (violent release of energy) · el έκρηξη (violent release of energy) · ml പൊട്ടിത്തെറി (violent release of energy) · de Explosion (violent release of energy) · sl eksplozija (violent release of energy) · it esplosione (violent release of energy) · ka აფეთქება (violent release of energy) · tk ýarylma (violent release of energy) · km ការផ្ទុះ (violent release of energy) · ru взрыв (violent release of energy) · cy ffrwydrad (violent release of energy) · pa ਠਾਹ (sound of an explosion) · he פִּיצוּץ (violent release of energy) · pa ਧਮਾਕਾ (violent release of energy) · nb eksplosjon (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out) · gl detonación (sound of an explosion) · kk қопарылыс (violent release of energy) · ps انفجار (violent release of energy) · fi räjähdys (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out) · eo eksplodo (violent release of energy) · ru взрыв (sound of an explosion) · lt eksplozija (violent release of energy) · ja 爆発 (violent release of energy) · is sprenging (violent release of energy) · th การระเบิด (violent release of energy) · my ပေါက်ကွဲမှု (violent release of energy) · se bávkkiheapmi (violent release of energy) · uk ви́бух (violent release of energy) · fi räjähdys (violent release of energy) · ur دَھماکَہ (violent release of energy) · hu robbanás (violent release of energy) · tr patlama (violent release of energy) · it scoppio (violent release of energy) · tg таркидан (violent release of energy) · pa ਵਿਸਫੋਟ (violent release of energy) · fi räjähdys (sound of an explosion) · mk експлозија (violent release of energy) · ro explozie (violent release of energy) · mi pakūtanga (violent release of energy) · bg взрив (violent release of energy) · cmn 爆發 /爆发 (violent release of energy) · sw mlipuko (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out) · fy ûntploffing (violent release of energy) · th ภัยการระเบิด (violent release of energy) · yi אויפֿרײַס (violent release of energy) · lb Explosioun (violent release of energy) · fr explosion (violent release of energy) · nl explosie (violent release of energy) · id letupan (violent release of energy) · arz انفجار (violent release of energy) · ga pléasc (sound of an explosion) · ta வெடி (sound of an explosion) · sw mlipuko (violent release of energy) · ga pléasc (violent release of energy) · lt sprogimas (violent release of energy) · mi papātanga (violent release of energy)