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

[ Syn: detonation , blowup ]

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

[ Syn: burst ]

a sudden great increase; the population explosion; the information explosion'

the noise caused by an explosion; the explosion was heard a mile away'

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

[ Syn: plosion ]

a sudden outburst; an explosion of laughter; an explosion of rage'

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