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Noun Concept
Categories: Articles with short description, Explosions, All articles needing additional references
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explosion  burst  bang  blast  Bomb explosion
EN
The act of exploding or bursting WordNet 3.0
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The act of exploding or bursting WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
An explosion is a rapid expansion in volume of a given amount of matter associated with an extreme outward release of energy, usually with the generation of high temperatures and release of high-pressure gases. Wikipedia
Sudden increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner. Wikipedia Disambiguation
An act or instance of bursting. Wiktionary
Instance or act of bursting. Wiktionary (translation)
A bursting due to pressure. Wiktionary
Bursting due to pressure. Wiktionary (translation)
EN
The explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The bursts of the bombs could be heard miles away. Wiktionary
IS A
change of integrity
accident
cause of death
hazard
process
PART OF
exploding whale
HAS KIND
detonation
fulmination
nuclear explosion
blowout
dust explosion
+11 relations
HAS INSTANCE
2001 Humber Refinery explosion
West Pharmaceutical Services explosion
T. A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant explosion
Sylvania Electric Products explosion
2007 Glorietta explosion
+152 relations
CONTRIBUTING FACTOR OF
aerosol
DERIVATION
explode
burst
explode
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
Otto's encyclopedia
DIFFERENT FROM
detonation
HAS CAUSE
discharge
chemical reaction
explosive
explosive device
nuclear reaction
+1 relations
HAS EFFECT
aerosol
HAS IMMEDIATE CAUSE
pressure
adiabatic expansion
OPPOSITE OF
implosion
PARTIALLY COINCIDENT WITH
combustion
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
EN
explosion, burst
Wikipedia
EN
explosion
Wikidata
EN
explosion
Wiktionary
EN
burst, explosion
Wikipedia Redirections
EN
Bomb explosion, Cemical Explosion, chemical explosion, Explodable, explode, Exploded, exploding, explosions, Explosive force, Post-kinetic environment
Wikidata Alias
EN
bang, blast, boom, burst, explode, exploding, kaboom

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