detonation

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, explosion
  2. The act of detonating an explosive (synset 100378494)
    is a type of: burst, explosion - the act of exploding or bursting
    subtypes: percussion - the act of exploding a percussion cap

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