explosion

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noun

1. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (Freq. 6)
• Syn:
detonation, blowup
• Derivationally related forms:
blow up (for: blowup), detonate (for: detonation), explode
• Hypernyms:
discharge
• Hyponyms:
airburst, blast, backfire, big bang, blowback,
fragmentation, inflation
2. the act of exploding or bursting (Freq. 2)
- the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children
- the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
• Syn:
burst
• Derivationally related forms:
burst (for: burst), explode
• Hypernyms:
change of integrity
• Hyponyms:
detonation, fulmination
3. a sudden great increase
- the population explosion
- the information explosion
• Derivationally related forms:
explode
• Hypernyms:
increase
4. the noise caused by an explosion
- the explosion was heard a mile away
• Hypernyms:
noise
5. the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
• Syn:
plosion
• Derivationally related forms:
explode
• Hypernyms:
release, tone ending
• Part Holonyms:
stop consonant, stop, occlusive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, plosive
6. a sudden outburst
- an explosion of laughter
- an explosion of rage
• Derivationally related forms:
explode
• Hypernyms:
effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition
7. a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
• Hypernyms:
golf stroke, golf shot, swing

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  plosion, burst, detonation, blowup