explosion

英[ɪk'spləʊʒ(ə)n;ek-] 美[ɪk'sploʒən]

1. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

2. the act of exploding or bursting something;

"the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"

"the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"

3. a sudden great increase;

"the population explosion"

"the information explosion"

4. the noise caused by an explosion;

"the explosion was heard a mile away"

5. the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant

6. a sudden outburst;

"an explosion of laughter"

"an explosion of rage"

7. a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball