Related / Similar Words:
burst, plosion, detonation, blowup Definition: the act of exploding or bursting something; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft";a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball;a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage";the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant;a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction;the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away";a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion";
Hyponyms: detonation, fulmination, airburst, blast, backfire, big bang, blowback, fragmentation, inflation Part Meronyms: stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive Derivational Morphology:
explode, burst, split, break open, detonate, blow up, set off, burst forth, break loose, irrupt
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