explosion
noun
ex·plo·sion
ik-ˈsplō-zhən 
1
: the act or an instance of exploding
injured in a laboratory explosion
2
: a large-scale, rapid, or spectacular expansion or bursting out or forth
the explosion of suburbia
an explosion of red hair
3
: the release of occluded breath that occurs in one kind of articulation of stop consonants
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Examples of explosion in a Sentence
The filmmakers staged the car's explosion.
The island was rocked by a series of volcanic explosions.
The region has experienced a population explosion.
His comments prompted an explosion of laughter from the crowd.
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Amazon, Google and other cloud computing platforms are planning to bring another 500 hyperscale data centers online over the next five years or so, largely to handle the explosion in demand for AI applications.
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Peter Green, Quartz, 8 June 2024
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District personnel were called just before noon to a single-family house on the 7500 block of Oak Grove Avenue near Auburn Boulevard, where significant flames and reports of explosions had occurred.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
Under the Modi government, the country has seen an explosion of investment in infrastructure, like roads, railways, and ports.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 June 2024
But Kane said the explosion caused significant damage that includes leaving a crater about 50 feet in diameter.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
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Peter Green, Quartz, 8 June 2024
Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District personnel were called just before noon to a single-family house on the 7500 block of Oak Grove Avenue near Auburn Boulevard, where significant flames and reports of explosions had occurred.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacramento Bee, 7 June 2024
Under the Modi government, the country has seen an explosion of investment in infrastructure, like roads, railways, and ports.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 June 2024
But Kane said the explosion caused significant damage that includes leaving a crater about 50 feet in diameter.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 4 June 2024
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“Explosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/explosion. Accessed 11 Jun. 2024.
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explosion
noun
ex·plo·sion
ik-ˈsplō-zhən
1
: the act or an instance of exploding
2
: a violent outburst of feeling
Medical Definition
explosion
noun
ex·plo·sion
ik-ˈsplō-zhən
: the act or an instance of exploding
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