explosion
US: /ɪksˈpɫoʊʒən/
UK: /ɛksplˈəʊʒən/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
explosion /iks'plouʤn/- danh từ
- sự nổ; sự nổ bùng (cơn giận)
- tiếng nổ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) sự phát triển ồ ạt và nhanh chóng
- population explosion: sự tăng số dân ồ ạt và nhanh chóng
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C, U] the sudden violent bursting and loud noise of sth such as a bomb exploding; the act of deliberately causing sth to explode: a bomb / nuclear / gas explosion + There were two loud explosions and then the building burst into flames. + Bomb Squad officers carried out a controlled explosion of the device. + 300 people were injured in the explosion.
2 [C] a large, sudden or rapid increase in the amount or number of sth: a population explosion + an explosion of interest in learning Japanese + an explosion in oil prices
3 [C] (formal) a sudden, violent expression of emotion, especially anger
Synonym: OUTBURST
Do you know what brought on that explosion? + Demonstrators clashed with riot police in an explosion of anger at live animal exports.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 blast, bang, report, burst, boom, clap, crack, eruption, crash, outburst, fulmination; detonation:
The explosion shook the entire house.
2 outburst, outbreak, paroxysm, upheaval, flare-up, eruption, burst, fit, spasm, tantrum, Colloq Brit paddy or paddywhack or paddywack, wax:
The unrest among the people is building up to an explosion.
3 increase, burgeoning or bourgeoning, expansion, welling up, mushrooming:
The population explosion has caused a housing shortage.
Collocation
1 sudden loud bursting/exploding
ADJ.
almighty, big, deafening, enormous, huge, loud, major, massive, powerful, serious, tremendous, violent | minor, small | muffled
There was a muffled explosion somewhere on their right.
| distant
The floor shook with a distant explosion.
| controlled | test
a nuclear test explosion
| accidental | bomb, chemical, gas, mine, volcanic | atomic, nuclear | terrorist | political, social
(figurative) The shock waves of this political explosion engulfed the whole of Europe.
VERB + EXPLOSION
cause, set off, trigger
The build-up of gas caused a small explosion.
| carry out
Bomb disposal experts carried out a controlled explosion on the suspect package.
| hear | prevent
EXPLOSION + VERB
come, happen, occur, take place
The explosion came 20 minutes after a coded warning to the police. The explosion occurred just after midday.
| shake sth
The explosion shook nearby homes.
| destroy sth, rip through sth, wreck sth
A massive explosion ripped through the chemical works.
| injure sb, kill sb | echo
A loud explosion echoed round the valley.
PREP.
in an/the ~
3 people were injured in the explosion.
2 sudden large increase
ADJ.
sudden | veritable
In the 1860s a veritable explosion of major scientific publications took place.
| population | information
trying to keep up with the information explosion
| price, wage
EXPLOSION + VERB
occur, take place
PREP.
~ in
a sudden explosion in the number of students
| ~ of
an explosion of interest in learning Japanese
Concise dictionary
explosionsɪk'spləʊʒnnoun
+a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
+the act of exploding or bursting something
+a sudden great increase
+the noise caused by an explosion
+the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
+a sudden outburst
+a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
