Explosion

Definitions

1. A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
   countable, uncountable
2. The sound of an explosion.
   countable, uncountable
3. A sudden, uncontrolled or rapid increase, expansion, or bursting out.
   countable, uncountable

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Examples

“A man was injured by an explosion caused by drilling into a missed shot at the Mendota mine above Silver Plume, Colo.”

“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.”

“Her image is supposedly rebellious, but she looks scrubbed and healthy, with an explosion of blonde hair and generous curves shoved into too-tight clothing.”

“All this has led to an explosion of protest⟳ across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become⟳ the foundation for more general political opposition. It is therefore dealing with pollution in two ways—suppression and mitigation.”

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