explosion
noun
[ ɪkˈspləʊʒ(ə)n ]
• a violent shattering or blowing apart of something, as is caused by a bomb.
• "three explosions damaged buildings at the barracks"
Similar:
detonation,
discharge,
eruption,
blowing up,
ignition,
bang,
blast,
boom,
rumble,
crash,
crack,
report,
thunder,
roll,
clap,
pop,
wham,
whump,
fulmination,
• a sudden outburst of something such as violent emotion, especially anger.
• "an explosion of anger inside the factory"
Similar:
outburst,
flare-up,
blow-up,
outbreak,
eruption,
storm,
rush,
spate,
surge,
rash,
wave,
access,
effusion,
fit,
paroxysm,
spasm,
attack,
spell,
paddy,
ebullition,
boutade,
• a sudden increase in amount or extent.
• "an explosion in the adder population"
Similar:
sudden increase,
rapid increase,
dramatic increase,
mushrooming,
snowballing,
escalation,
multiplication,
burgeoning,
rocketing,
shooting up,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin explosio(n- ) ‘scornful rejection’, from the verb explodere (see explode).
