Explosion

Noun

 * 1) A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
 * 2) A bursting due to pressure.
 * 3) The sound of an explosion.
 * 4) A sudden increase.
 * 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.
 * 1) A sudden outburst.
 * 1) A sudden outburst.

Synonyms

 * blast
 * burst
 * detonation
 * eruption


 * fulmination
 * bang
 * boom

Antonyms

 * implosion

Related terms

 * explode
 * explosive

Adjectives for Explosion
premature; sharp; terrific; volcanic; frightful; violent; intermittent; numbing; tremendous; deplorable; initial; deafening; magnificent; strange; horrible; dreadful; rending; staccato; titanic; disastrous; gigantic; soul-shattering; catastrophic.

Verbs for Explosion
augment—; forestall—; investigate—; produce—; threaten—; —alarms; —casts out; —damages; —discharges; —drives out; — ejects; —emits; —erupts; —jars; —reports; —rocks; —scars; —shatters; —shocks; — showers; —sunders; —thunders; —violates.

Thesaurus
accelerando, acceleration, access, aggravation, backfire, bang, bark, beefing-up, blast, blaze, blaze of temper, blowing up, blowout, blowup, boom, burgeoning, burst, clap, concentration, condensation, consolidation, convulsion, crack, crash, cyclone, deepening, detonation, discharge, disconfirmation, disproof, disproval, disproving, enhancement, eruption, exacerbation, exaggeration, expansion, expose, exposure, fit, flare, flare-up, flash, fulguration, fulmination, fusillade, gale, gunshot, gust, heating-up, heightening, high words, hurricane, increase, information explosion, intensification, invalidation, irruption, magnification, mushrooming, negation, outbreak, outburst, paddy, paroxysm, pickup, pop, population explosion, redargution, redoubling, reductio ad absurdum, reinforcement, report, sally, salvo, scene, seizure, shot, spasm, speedup, step-up, storm, strengthening, tantrum, tempest, tightening, tornado, upheaval, volley, wax, whirlwind

Etymology
From explosionis:, genitive form of explosio: < explodo: < ex-: and plodo:

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Catalan: explosió
 * Chinese: 爆炸 (向外) bàozhà (xiang wai); 爆発/爆发 bàofā
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 爆発 (ばくはつ bakuhatsu)
 * Korean: 폭발 (pokbal)


 * Kurdish:
 * Sorani: ته‌قاندن
 * Latvian: sprādziens
 * Lower Sorbian: eksplozija
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: explozie
 * Russian: взрыв
 * Swahili:
 * Telugu: పేలుడు (pealuDu)
 * Vietnamese: nổ
 * West Frisian:


 * Korean: 폭발


 * Swahili:


 * Japanese: 爆発音


 * Swahili:


 * Polish: gwałtowny wzrost


 * Swahili:


 * Romanian: izbucnire neaşteptată (subită)


 * Swahili:

Noun

 * 1) explosion

Related terms

 * exploser