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We found 33 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word explosion:
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General dictionaries General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. explosion: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info]
  2. explosion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
  3. explosion: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info]
  4. explosion: Cambridge International Dictionary of English [home, info]
  5. Explosion: Wiktionary [home, info]
  6. explosion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
  7. explosion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
  8. explosion: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
  9. explosion: Dictionary.com [home, info]
  10. explosion: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
  11. explosion: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
  12. explosion: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
  13. Explosion, Explosion, The Explosion (EP), The Explosion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
  14. Explosion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
  15. explosion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
  16. explosion: Rhymezone [home, info]
  17. Explosion (f), explosion, explosion (f), explosión: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
  18. explosion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
  19. explosion: Free Dictionary [home, info]
  20. explosion: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
  21. explosion: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
  22. explosion: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
  23. explosion: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]
  24. explosion: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations [home, info]

Computing dictionaries Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. explosion: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine dictionaries Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. explosion: online medical dictionary [home, info]
  2. explosion: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Miscellaneous dictionaries Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Explosion: Brilliant Dream Dictionary [home, info]
  2. Explosion: Dream Dictionary [home, info]

Science dictionaries Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Explosion: Biological Sciences Dictionary [home, info]
  2. Explosion: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics [home, info]

Tech dictionaries Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. EXPLOSION: Glossary of Common Hearth and Heating Terms [home, info]
  2. Explosion: Explosives [home, info]

Quick definitions (explosion)

noun:  the act of exploding or bursting something ("The explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children")
noun:  a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
noun:  a sudden outburst ("An explosion of laughter")
noun:  a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
noun:  the noise caused by an explosion ("The explosion was heard a mile away")
noun:  a sudden great increase ("The population explosion")
noun:  the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant

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Phrases that include explosion:   population explosion, dust explosion, an explosion of happiness, b.b explosion, badarmude bus explosion, more...

Words similar to explosion:   burst, detonation, plosion, blast, more...


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