Definition of Explosion

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Explosion

The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.

A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc.

A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath.

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Explosion Quotations

We humans are an extremely important manifestation of the replication bomb, because it is through us - through our brains, our symbolic culture and our technology - that the explosion may proceed to the next stage and reverberate through deep space.
Richard Dawkins

We in the West do not refrain from childbirth because we are concerned about the population explosion or because we feel we cannot afford children, but because we do not like children.
Germaine Greer

We plan to eliminate the state of Israel and establish a purely Palestinian state. We will make life unbearable for Jews by psychological warfare and population explosion. We Palestinians will take over everything, including all of Jerusalem.
Yasser Arafat

Every morning I jump out of bed and step on a landmine. The landmine is me.After the explosion, I spent the rest of the day putting the pieces together.
Ray Bradbury

Once his wife goes to sleep it takes a minor nuclear explosion to wake her.
Tony Blair

The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.
Alvin Toffler

The fact is, the media never gets off the interstate unless there's a major explosion.
Jim Harrison

Perhaps September 11 could be called the first historic world event in the strictest sense: the impact, the explosion, the slow collapse - a gruesome reality literally took place in front of a global public.
Jurgen Habermas

Wars spring from unseen and generally insignificant causes, the first outbreak being often but an explosion of anger.
Thucydides

However, they did not treat the reasons that led to this condition. I believe that the conditions in the Palestinian territories are alway capable of explosion because the same circumstances are there.
Hassan Nasrallah

Explosion Translations

explosion in Afrikaans is ontploffing
explosion in Dutch is uitbarsting, ontploffing, explosie
explosion in French is explosion
explosion in Italian is esplosione
explosion in Norwegian is eksplosjon
explosion in Swedish is krevad

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