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- Dictionaryexplosion/ɪkˈspləʊʒn/
noun
- 1. a violent shattering or blowing apart of something, as is caused by a bomb: "three explosions damaged buildings at the barracks" Similar
- 2. a sudden outburst of something such as violent emotion, especially anger: "an explosion of anger inside the factory" Similar
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a large increase in the number of something that happens very quickly: population explosion The government has had to take measures to halt the population explosion. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. explosion noun (FALSE IDEA) [ U ] the act of proving that something is wrong:
The meaning of EXPLOSION is the act or an instance of exploding. How to use explosion in a sentence.
An explosion happens when a free gas expands very quickly, because of a chemical reaction that produces a gas, or because a container of pressurized gas ruptures.
noun. an act or instance of exploding; a violent expansion or bursting with noise, as of gunpowder or a boiler ( implosion ). the noise itself: The loud explosion woke them. a violent outburst, as of laughter or anger. a sudden, rapid, or great increase: a population explosion.
explosion. ( ɪkˈspləʊʒən) n. 1. the act or an instance of exploding. 2. (Chemistry) a violent release of energy resulting from a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction, esp one that produces a shock wave, loud noise, heat, and light. Compare implosion 1. 3. a sudden or violent outburst of activity, noise, emotion, etc.
An explosion involves a sudden and often violent burst of energy. The noun explosion is useful when you're talking about a watermelon smashing on the pavement or the burst of fireworks overhead, but it can also describe a sudden increase in something, like an explosion of excitement at a birthday party when the pony arrives.
[countable, uncountable]the sudden violent bursting and loud noise of something such as a bomb exploding; the act of deliberately causing something to explode. a bomb/nuclear/gas explosion. There were two loud explosions and then the building burst into flames. a huge/massive explosion.
