explosion

English

Three explosions

Etymology

From Latin explōsiōnis, genitive form of explōsio, from explōdo (“I drive out by clapping”), from ex- and plōdo (“I clap or strike”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/
• (US) IPA: /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/

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Noun

explosion (plural explosions)

1. A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
2. A bursting due to pressure.
3. The sound of an explosion.
4. A sudden uncontrolled increase.
   • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 3-4

     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.

5. A sudden outburst.

Synonyms

blast burst detonation eruption

fulmination bang boom

Antonyms

• implosion

Related terms

• explode
• explosive

Translations

violent release of energy

• Afrikaans: ontploffing (af)
• Arabic: انفجار (ar) (infijaar) m, تفجير (ar) (tafjiir) m
• Bulgarian: взрив (bg) m (vzriv), експлозия (bg) f (eksplozija)
• Catalan: explosió (ca) f
• Chechen: please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爆炸 (cmn) (bàozhà), 爆發 (cmn), 爆发 (cmn) (bàofā)

• Czech: výbuch (cs) m
• Dutch: explosie (nl)
• Esperanto: eksplodo (eo)
• Finnish: räjähdys (fi)
• French: explosion (fr) f
• Georgian: აფეთქება (ka) (ap'et'k'eba) 
• German: Explosion (de) f
• Greek: έκρηξη (el) (ékrixi)
• Hebrew: פיצוץ (he)
• Hungarian: robbanás (hu)

• Italian: esplosione (it) f
• Japanese: 爆発 (ja) (ばくはつ bakuhatsu)
• Korean: 폭발 (ko) (pokbal) (爆發 (ko))
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: ته‌قاندن (ku) (taqAndin)

• Latvian: sprādziens (lv) m
• Lithuanian: sprogimas (lt) m
• Lower Sorbian: eksplozija f
• Polish: wybuch (pl) m, eksplozja (pl) f
• Portuguese: explosão (pt)
• Romanian: explozie (ro) f
• Russian: взрыв (ru) (vzryv) 
• Swahili: mlipuko (sw)
• Telugu: పేలుడు (pealuDu)
• Turkish: patlama (tr)
• Vietnamese: nổ (vi)
• West Frisian: ûntploffing (fy) n

bursting due to pressure

• Finnish: räjähdys (fi)
• Korean: 폭발 (ko) (pokbal) (爆發 (ko))

• Russian: взрыв (ru) (vzryv) 
• Swahili: mlipuko (sw)

sound of an explosion

• Finnish: räjähdys (fi)
• Japanese: 爆発音 (ja) (ばくはつおん bakuhatsuon)
• Romanian: detunătură (ro)

• Russian: взрыв (ru) (vzryv) 
• Swahili: mlipuko (sw)

sudden increase

• Finnish: räjähdys (fi), räjähtäminen (fi)
• Polish: gwałtowny wzrost

• Swahili: mlipuko (sw)

sudden outburst

• Finnish: räjähdys (fi)
• Romanian: izbucnire neașteptată (subită) f

• Swahili: mlipuko (sw)

See also

• Explosion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

Noun

explosion f (plural explosions)

1. explosion

Related terms

• exploser