explosion

explosion is a 9-letter English word with 10 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 21 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.
2. noun. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.
3. noun. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.
4. noun. the act of exploding or bursting

   "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"

   "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

   Synonyms: burst

5. noun. a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
6. noun. a sudden outburst

   "an explosion of laughter"

   "an explosion of rage"

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

   Synonyms: plosion

8. noun. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

   Synonyms: blowup, detonation

9. noun. the noise caused by an explosion

   "the explosion was heard a mile away"

10. noun. a sudden great increase

    "the population explosion"

    "the information explosion"

Synonyms

burst, plosion, blowup, detonation

Common word forms

explosions

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