explosion

Examples

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• [Explosion]

  Firestorm (1998)

• John's touch of the "aaahhhhssss" going toward the peak of the end sound explosion is totally genius.

  Blog text (11)

• At 1:25 a.m., I had a lot of cold beer in the freezer, but no explosions.

  Blog text (10)

• So this sphere will become kind of a rubbery ball and you'll lose that effect of of the explosion of flavor in your mouth.

• I am a self-defined superlative mind-explosion expert.

  Blog text (17)

• ( mimics explosion )

  Mammoth (2006)

• There was something about the way she said that—or just picturing her lips mouthing the 'p' and then the elision into the tripping of 'at', before the final explosion of the little 'o.'

  Fiction book (2002)

• Some lay in pieces: broken gears taller than a man, leather straps gone brittle with age, great wooden beams that were now explosions of white fungus, huge as hedgerows.

  Blog text (9)

• The teacher explained the concept of explosion, using examples of how air pressure creates a burst of sound.

• When pronouncing a stop consonant, the explosion of sound occurs as the air is suddenly released from the mouth.

Synonyms

B

burst

vsexplosion

62 2.2

A sudden breaking open or explosion

refers specifically to the mouth pressure release in stop consonant sounds

P

plosion

vsexplosion

• Specialized

8.7

A quick burst of air from the mouth when making a stop sound like p or t

is the same event but in the longer form of the term

Compounds

N

nuclear explosion

8 4.1

A very large explosion caused by a nuclear reaction, like an atomic bomb

A

atomic explosion

• Specialized

3 4.2

A huge blast from an atomic bomb that destroys a wide area

F

fulminous explosion

9.0

A very sudden powerful blast that breaks things and makes loud noise

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Etymology