explosion
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
Other meanings
The sound of an explosion.
A sudden, uncontrolled or rapid increase, expansion, or bursting out.
Related words
- counterexplosion
- cryptoexplosion
- explosionlike
- explosionproof
- explosiony
- hyperexplosion
- microexplosion
- nonexplosion
- superexplosion
- nuclear explosion
- bacon explosion
- Cambrian explosion
Word history
From Latin "explōsiōnis".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “explosion” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.