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Explosion


EXPLO'SION, noun s as z. [from explode.]

1. A bursting with noise; a bursting or sudden expansion of any elastic fluid, with force and a loud report; as the explosion of powder.

2. The discharge of a piece of ordnance with a loud report.

3. The sudden burst of sound in a volcano, etc.