SkyfireDict

explosion   (TTS Sound)

The noun explosion has 7 senses

• explosion, detonation, blowup -- (a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction)


• explosion, burst -- (the act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft")


• explosion -- (a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion")


• explosion -- (the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away")


• plosion, explosion -- (the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant)


• explosion -- (a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage")


• explosion -- (a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball)