Synonyms for explosion
ɪkˈsploʊ ʒənex·plo·sion

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1. explosionnoun

   Antonyms:
   implosion

2. explosionnoun

   Antonyms:
   implosion

3. explosionnoun

   Antonyms:
   implosion

4. explosionnoun

   Antonyms:
   implosion

5. explosionnoun

   Antonyms:
   implosion

6. explosionnoun

   Antonyms:
   implosion

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1. explosion, detonation, blowupnoun

   a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

   Synonyms:
   detonation, outburst, enlargement, gush, plosion, magnification, blowup, effusion, ebullition, burst

2. explosion, burstnoun

   the act of exploding or bursting

   "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

   Synonyms:
   detonation, fusillade, outburst, fit, plosion, blowup, salvo, volley, flare-up, burst

3. explosionnoun

   a sudden great increase

   "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"

   Synonyms:
   plosion, blowup, burst, detonation

4. explosionnoun

   the noise caused by an explosion

   "the explosion was heard a mile away"

   Synonyms:
   plosion, blowup, burst, detonation

5. plosion, explosionnoun

   the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant

   Synonyms:
   blowup, burst, detonation, plosion

6. explosionnoun

   a sudden outburst

   "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"

   Synonyms:
   plosion, blowup, burst, detonation

7. explosionnoun

   a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball

   Synonyms:
   plosion, blowup, burst, detonation

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Integrity
   • Discharge
   • Effusion
   • Golf Stroke
   • Increase
   • Noise

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1. explosionnoun

   Synonyms:
   burst, bursting, detonation, blast, clap, pop, crack, sudden discharge

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1. explosionnoun

   Synonyms:
   detonation, detonization, bursting, outburst

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1. List of paraphrases for "explosion":

   blast, bombing, explodes, detonation, bomb, exploded, explosive, exploding, blowout, bombings, outburst, boom, eruption, blasts, outbreak, burst, explosions

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1. Ghulam Nabi:

   An explosion rocked the area and right after that children and people started running away, i saw a vehicle catch fire and then a gunfight started.

2. Rami Abdulrahman:

   A fire broke out in the area but the cause of the explosion is still unknown.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   There's been an explosion of child pornography due to the internet and computer systems, and she refuses to use that as a sentence enhancer, which I think puts her on the low end, and secondly, she will not look at the number of images downloaded. I think both of those are mistakes.

4. Nicolas Estevez:

   I saw the explosion and the smoke coming out.

5. Krystal Bellaine Miller:

   Then( he) saw the explosion, went to check it out, saw it was my mother's vehicle, full of bullet holes, completely ablaze.