explosion

n 1: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear

reaction [syn: {detonation}]

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" [syn: {burst}]

3: the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the

occlusive phase of a stop consonant [syn: {plosion}]