explosion

  • 21explosion — noun 1 sudden loud bursting/exploding ADJECTIVE ▪ almighty (esp. BrE), big, deafening, enormous, great, huge, large, loud, major, massive …

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  • 22Explosion — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Explosion (homonymie). Série d explosions …

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  • 23Explosión — (Del lat. explosio, abucheo, acción de expulsar ruidosamente < explodere, expulsar ruidosamente < plaudere, aplaudir.) ► sustantivo femenino 1 Rotura brusca y repentina de una cosa debida al aumento de la presión interior, lanzando… …

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  • 24explosion — [[t]ɪksplo͟ʊʒ(ə)n[/t]] ♦♦♦ explosions 1) N COUNT An explosion is a sudden, violent burst of energy, for example one caused by a bomb. After the second explosion, all of London s main train and subway stations were shut down... Three people have… …

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  • 25explosion */*/ — UK [ɪkˈspləʊʒ(ə)n] / US [ɪkˈsploʊʒ(ə)n] noun Word forms explosion : singular explosion plural explosions 1) a) [countable] an occasion when something bursts with a lot of force and a loud noise, often causing damage a gas/nuclear explosion killed …

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  • 26explosion — ex|plo|sion [ ık splouʒn ] noun ** 1. ) count an occasion when something bursts with a lot of force and a loud noise, often causing damage: a gas/nuclear explosion killed in a car bomb explosion explosion of: An explosion of methane gas… …

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  • 27explosion — ex|plo|sion [ıkˈspləuʒən US ˈsplou ] n 1.) a loud sound and the energy produced by something such as a bomb bursting into small pieces →↑explode bomb/gas/nuclear explosion ▪ Several people were injured in a bomb explosion. ▪ We heard a loud… …

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  • 28Explosion — Detonation; Schlag * * * Ex|plo|si|on [ɛksplo zi̯o:n], die; , en: 1. heftiges, lautes Zerplatzen durch übermäßigen Druck von innen: die Explosion in dem Wohnhaus kostete vier Menschen das Leben. Zus.: Gasexplosion. 2. rapides Ansteigen, Anwachsen …

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  • 29explosion — (èk splo zion ; en vers, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   Action d éclater avec un bruit instantané, produite par une inflammation brusque ou par une décomposition spontanée, ou par l excès de tension d une vapeur. L explosion d une mine, d un… …

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  • 30explosion — n. 1) to set off, touch off an explosion 2) a deafening, loud explosion 3) a population explosion * * * [ɪk spləʊʒ(ə)n] loud explosion touch off an explosion a deafening a population explosion to set off …

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