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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Explosion \Ex*plo"sion\, n. [L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf F. explosion explosion. See {Explode}.] 1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc. 2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc 3. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action etc.; as an explosion of wrath. A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism. --Macaulay. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: explosion n 1: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction [syn: {detonation}] 2: 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" [syn: {burst}] 3: the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant [syn: {plosion}]
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