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Synonyms for explosion
ɪkˈsploʊ ʒənex·plo·sion

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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. explosionnoun

    Antonyms:
    implosion

  2. explosionnoun

    Antonyms:
    implosion

  3. explosionnoun

    Antonyms:
    implosion

  4. explosionnoun

    Antonyms:
    implosion

  5. explosionnoun

    Antonyms:
    implosion

  6. explosionnoun

    Antonyms:
    implosion

Princeton's WordNet5.0 / 1 vote

  1. explosion, detonation, blowupnoun

    a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

    Synonyms:
    detonation, outburst, enlargement, gush, plosion, magnification, blowup, effusion, ebullition, burst

  2. explosion, burstnoun

    the act of exploding or bursting

    "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

    Synonyms:
    detonation, fusillade, outburst, fit, plosion, blowup, salvo, volley, flare-up, burst

  3. explosionnoun

    a sudden great increase

    "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"

    Synonyms:
    plosion, blowup, burst, detonation

  4. explosionnoun

    the noise caused by an explosion

    "the explosion was heard a mile away"

    Synonyms:
    plosion, blowup, burst, detonation

  5. plosion, explosionnoun

    the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant

    Synonyms:
    blowup, burst, detonation, plosion

  6. explosionnoun

    a sudden outburst

    "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"

    Synonyms:
    plosion, blowup, burst, detonation

  7. explosionnoun

    a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball

    Synonyms:
    plosion, blowup, burst, detonation

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. explosionnoun

    Synonyms:
    burst, bursting, detonation, blast, clap, pop, crack, sudden discharge

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. explosionnoun

    Synonyms:
    detonation, detonization, bursting, outburst

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How to use explosion in a sentence?

  1. Sally Ride, President, Space.com:

    I wasn't really scared. I was very excited, and I was very anxious. When you're getting ready to launch into space, you're sitting on a big explosion waiting to happen.

  2. Paul Roos:

    He was wearing all black. His face was not masked ... We ducked behind a counter but I stood up and watched him. Two explosions went off shortly after one another. By that time he had stopped shooting, he turned around and started coming towards us. He was holding his gun inside his jacket. He looked around anxiously to see if anyone was going to stop him and then went down the escalator ... We heard some more gunfire and then another explosion, and then it was over.

  3. Pete Schultz:

    This is the first time we have clear evidence of glasses on Earth that were created by the thermal radiation and winds from a fireball exploding just above the surface, to have such a dramatic effect on such a large area, this was a truly massive explosion. Lots of us have seen bolide( bright meteor) fireballs streaking across the sky, but those are tiny blips compared to this.

  4. Nobel Laureate Charles Townes:

    It might then be a very small bright star, or it might even be a black hole. An explosion would be very surprising.

  5. Sara Taglieri:

    I'm not upset because I have chalk or confetti blown in my way, i mean, it was an explosion that rocked my house, my neighbors, my community and my town.


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