explosion
English
Etymology
From French explosion, from Latin explōsiōnis, genitive form of explōsio, from explōdo (“I drive out by clapping”), from ex- and plōdo (“I clap or strike”). For more information see explode#Etymology.
Pronunciation
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Audio (US): (file)
Noun
explosion (countable and uncountable, plural explosions)
- A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
- 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
- Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
- A bursting due to pressure.
- The sound of an explosion.
- A sudden uncontrolled increase.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 3-4:
- As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
- A sudden outburst.
- 2013 August 10, “Can China clean up fast enough?”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
- All this has led to an explosion of protest across China, including among a middle class that has discovered nimbyism. That worries the government, which fears that environmental activism could become the foundation for more general political opposition. It is therefore dealing with pollution in two ways—suppression and mitigation.
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Translations
violent release of energy
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bursting due to pressure
sound of an explosion
sudden increase
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sudden outburst
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See also
French
Etymology
From Latin explosiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
explosion f (plural explosions)
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Further reading
- “explosion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
explosion f (plural explosions)
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin explosiō, attested from 1770.[1]
Noun
explosion c
- explosion
- Synonym: sprängning
- Antonym: implosion
Inflection
Declension of explosion
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References
- ^ explosion in Svensk ordbok.
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