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English to English noun
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a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction |  | source: wordnet30
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the act of exploding or bursting |  | Example: the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
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a sudden great increase |  | Example: the population explosion the information explosion
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the noise caused by an explosion |  | Example: the explosion was heard a mile away
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the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant |  | source: wordnet30
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a sudden outburst |  | Example: an explosion of laughter an explosion of rage
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a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball |  | source: wordnet30
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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