explosion

Noun

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

• a sudden outburst
  • an explosion of laughter
    
  • an explosion of rage
    

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

• the noise caused by an explosion
  • the explosion was heard a mile away
    

• a sudden great increase
  • the population explosion
    
  • the information explosion
    

• the act of exploding or bursting
  • the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children
    
  • the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
    

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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  plosion , burst , detonation , blowup