explosion

Noun
  1. A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (synset 107323181)
    is a type of: discharge - the sudden giving off of energy
    subtypes:
    • airburst - an explosion in the atmosphere
    • blast - an explosion (as of dynamite)
    • backfire - a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
    • big bang - (cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe
    • backfire, blowback - the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
    • fragmentation - the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
    • inflation - (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang
    same as: blowup, detonation
  2. The act of exploding or bursting (synset 100378172)
    "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
    is a type of: change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something
    subtypes:
    • detonation - the act of detonating an explosive
    • fulmination - the act of exploding with noise and violence
    same as: burst
  3. A sudden great increase (synset 107428668)
    "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"
    is a type of: increase - a change resulting in an increase
  4. The noise caused by an explosion (synset 107398296)
    "the explosion was heard a mile away"
    is a type of: noise - sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound)
  5. The terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant (synset 107131151)
    is a type of: release, tone ending - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
    is a part of: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop, stop consonant - a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it
    same as: plosion
  6. A sudden outburst (synset 107027968)
    "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"
    is a type of: blowup, ebullition, effusion, gush, outburst - an unrestrained expression of emotion
  7. A golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball (synset 100573743)
    is a type of: golf shot, golf stroke, swing - the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it

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