explosion

/ɪkˈsploʊʒən/

nounex · plo · sion

Think: “EX-PLO!”—an explosion makes you shout “PLO!” and it ends with “-sion.”

Yes, it's explosion. The tricky part is the middle: it’s **spl** (ex-**spl**-osion), not *exp* or *explo* without the **s**.

Definitions

  1. nouna sudden, violent bursting or breaking apart, often with a loud noise
  2. nouna sudden rapid increase or outburst of something (such as growth, anger, or activity)

Examples

  • The loud explosion shook the windows across the street.
  • Scientists measured the explosion to understand how much energy was released.
  • There was an explosion of interest in the new game after it went viral.

Synonyms

blastdetonationbursteruptionoutburst

Antonyms

implosion

Translations

ES explosiónPT explosãoFR explosion

Common misspellings

exploshunexplotionexsplosionexplotianexplosianexploshenexplossionexplozion

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