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as in burst
a sudden intense expression of strong feeling
the explosion of patriotic feeling that the country experienced after that momentous event
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as in scene
an outburst or display of excited anger
the tennis player's expletive-enriched explosions on the court tested the patience of officials
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Recent Examples of explosion
The post, which was later deleted, accompanied a video appearing to show fiery explosions captured from an in-flight aircraft.
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ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
The scream, the hiss, the explosion — not a monster’s rampage.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Residents several miles away also reported hearing an explosion.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Emirati officials said air defense systems intercepted many incoming missiles and drones, but explosions and falling debris still caused damage in parts of the country.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
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ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
The scream, the hiss, the explosion — not a monster’s rampage.
—Kennedy French, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026
Residents several miles away also reported hearing an explosion.
—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 6 Mar. 2026
Emirati officials said air defense systems intercepted many incoming missiles and drones, but explosions and falling debris still caused damage in parts of the country.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explosion
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Watched behind his closed eyelids the eruption of strange visual forms, shapes of light blooming and disintegrating, blue green and yellow.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 Mar. 2026
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Her message endured the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius, centuries of burial beneath volcanic ash, and the slow fade of time itself.—
Ryan Brennan,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Mar. 2026
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Andrew Baker, a coral scientist at the University of Miami, said a big burst of federal investment in coral restoration could benefit Florida's reefs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
8 Mar. 2026
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Gajjar and Brown calibrated how fluctuations in the solar wind and bursts from CMEs can affect narrowband signals, and averaged that over time.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
8 Mar. 2026
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Estrada, framed at the register by detergents and a stack of the New York Times as dog-walkers and scene kids browse in the dusky afternoon, is an anthropologist of sorts.—
Jason LeCras,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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The food scene here is also worth diving into.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
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The energy imparted would have been equivalent to 6 million tons of TNT, or basically a large nuclear detonation.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
5 Mar. 2026
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Given the prospect of nuclear war, humanity’s arsenal could indeed wipe out every living human on Earth from detonations and the ensuing fallout.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Mar. 2026
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News of the concert comes on the heels of a tumultuous few years for Ye, once a titan of the genre, who has since become better known for public outbursts on social media deriding both Jewish and Black people.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
10 Mar. 2026
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At age 2, children may have frequent tantrums that parents will have to mediate for them–responding with self-control and support instead of frustration and an outburst of their own.—
Taylor Grothe,
Parents,
9 Mar. 2026
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Among agonized grunts and huffs, Probst narrated the fumbles.—
Sarah Grant,
New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2026
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David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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Investigators later said the nightclub blaze may have been ignited by sparklers attached to champagne bottles that set fire to soundproofing materials on the ceiling, rapidly spreading flames through the crowded venue.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Mar. 2026
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Firefighters battled a blaze after an Iranian drone strike in the industrial city of Ruwais, home to petrochemical plants, officials said.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
11 Mar. 2026
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Even so, the reaction of the market has been relatively subdued, said David Butter, an energy expert on the Middle East at the Chatham House think tank.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2026
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According to Sharp, the reaction came days after the dog had been neutered.—
JT Moodee Lockman,
CBS News,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Explosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explosion. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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