Usually means: Rapid expansion of energy and matter.
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General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. explosion: Merriam-Webster
  2. explosion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. explosion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. explosion: Collins English Dictionary
  5. explosion: Vocabulary.com
  6. Explosion, explosion: Wordnik
  7. explosion: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. explosion: Wiktionary
  9. explosion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. explosion: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. explosion: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. explosion: Dictionary.com
  13. explosion: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. explosion: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Explosion (disambiguation), Explosion, Explosion, The Explosion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Explosion: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. explosion: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. explosion: Rhymezone
  19. Explosion (f), explosion, explosion (f), explosin: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. explosion: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. explosion: FreeDictionary.org
  22. explosion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. explosion: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  24. explosion: TheFreeDictionary.com
  25. explosion: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. explosion: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. explosion: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. explosion: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. explosion: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Explosion: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. the explosion: Urban Dictionary

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Glossary of Common Hearth and Heating Terms (No longer online)
  3. Explosives (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
noun:  The sound of an explosion.
noun:  A sudden, uncontrolled or rapid increase, expansion, or bursting out.

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