Synonym: blowup, burst, detonation, plosion. Similar words: exploration, exploit, explore, explode, explanation, expansion, explain, explicit. Meaning: [ɪk'spləʊʒn] 
n. 1. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction 2. the act of exploding or bursting something 3. a sudden great increase 4. the noise caused by an explosion 5. the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant 6. a sudden outburst 7. a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball.
n. 1. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction 2. the act of exploding or bursting something 3. a sudden great increase 4. the noise caused by an explosion 5. the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant 6. a sudden outburst 7. a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball. 
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271 None actually saw the entry of the bolide, but all saw the flash of the explosion.
272 The volcano became active on 28 March last year with a series of eruptions building up to the major explosion on 4 April.
273 Fields and gardens not far from the site of the explosion now are resplendent with jonquils, azaleas and tulips.
274 The increasingly specialized worlds of business, medicine, politics and technology are fueling the explosion of abbreviations.
275 Y., to Providence, ran aground Friday afternoon after the tugboat pushing it was disabled by an unexplained explosion.
276 It was made possible by the explosion of production, of resources, food, scientific information, and medical advances.
276 Sentencedict.com try its best to gather and build good sentences.
277 The explosion spewed ash and golf ball-sized fireballs into the air.
278 And high temperatures automatically followed, since the whole process was nothing more than a large explosion, albeit a controlled one.
279 With the infusion of resources into cancer research came an explosion in our ability to understand and manipulate the cancer cell.
280 Deliberately he walked into the minefield, triggering off every mine and thus absorbing in his own body the entire explosion.
281 Even a modest aerial explosion like the fifteen-megaton Tunguska event would utterly devastate a modern city.
282 There was apprehension over a small explosion close to an abortion clinic, but the explosion proved to be accidental.
283 The overnight explosion not only destroyed the chapel but also sparked a security alert in Dartmouth, Devon.
284 Figure 2 shows the effect of impact angle on the explosion of stony asteroids.
285 The most recent explosion was the Deal bombing on 22 September in which 10 Royal Marines bandsmen were killed.
286 A minute or so before the explosion, an alarm sounds.
More similar words: exploration, exploit, explore, explode, explanation, expansion, explain, explicit, position, opposition, composition, pension, mission, version, session, tension, mansion, expedition, envision, invasion, decision, emission, division, provision, dimension, extension, commission, admission, recession, permission.