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Definition of EXPLOSION

Explosion
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.

Meaning of EXPLOSION from wikipedia

- An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume of a given amount of matter ****ociated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation...
- estimated 9,000 others were injured. The blast was the largest human-made explosion at the time. It released the equivalent energy of roughly 2.9 kilotons...
- The Cambrian explosion (also known as Cambrian radiation or Cambrian diversification) is an interval of time approximately 538.8 million years ago in...
- non-nuclear explosions on record. It was powerful enough to affect Earth's ionosphere. The blast was also the largest single-fired ammonium nitrate explosion in...
- On 12 August 2015, a series of explosions at the Port of Tianjin in Tianjin, Northern China, killed 173 people, according to official reports, and injured...
- The Explosion is an American punk rock band from Boston, M****achusetts. On February 13, 2007, the band announced that they had left Virgin Records, and...
- This is a list of tank truck explosions. The Los Alfaques disaster was a tank truck explosion that occurred near a holiday campsite on Tuesday 11 July...
- extremely large explosions, accidental and intentional, caused by modern high explosives, boiling liquid expanding vapour explosions (BLEVEs), older explosives...
- A nuclear explosion is an explosion that occurs as a result of the rapid release of energy from a high-speed nuclear reaction. The driving reaction may...
- On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, United States...