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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
There’s been an explosion of research into hydrogels.
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
But Intel failed to foresee the explosion of the smartphone industry in the 2010s and then the artificial intelligence revolution a decade later.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Their decaying carcasses led to the rapid deterioration of water quality and an explosion of harmful bacteria, researchers said.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The incident was first reported as an explosion, and first responders contained that fire soon after.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
But Intel failed to foresee the explosion of the smartphone industry in the 2010s and then the artificial intelligence revolution a decade later.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
Their decaying carcasses led to the rapid deterioration of water quality and an explosion of harmful bacteria, researchers said.
—Lauren Liebhaber
september 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
The incident was first reported as an explosion, and first responders contained that fire soon after.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explosion
Noun
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Taking advantage of the seismic energy released by the eruptions, the researchers deployed around 200 portable seismic sensors across the island.—
David Bressan,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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While there is no suggestion that an eruption is imminent, Fuji is an active volcano.—
Chris Lau,
CNN Money,
27 Aug. 2025
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The family’s ring doorbell camera captured a man in all black who appeared to stand in the middle of their street raising a gun and three bursts of gunfire from different locations.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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French rocket builder and ArianeGroup subsidiary MaiaSpace announced the completion of a monthslong test campaign that subjected several subscale prototypes of its propellant tanks to high-pressure burst tests, European Spaceflight reports.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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Appropriators are working behind the scenes to craft a yearlong bipartisan spending plan but are likely to need another stopgap funding measure to avoid a shutdown, which will require at least seven Democrats to cross the aisle and break a 60-vote filibuster.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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In January 2024, a downsizing Groupon moved to smaller digs downtown, leaving a 300,000-square-foot hole in the onetime nexus of the Chicago tech scene.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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The detonation of the bombs brought a terrible wonder, a soundless blast of light and colors never seen before, and never seen again.—
R. Daniel Foster,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Five were core-collapsing massive stars, and five were the detonation of white dwarfs.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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Although Hill later attributed his end-of-season outburst to frustration due to a fractured wrist that ailed him all season and the Dolphins’ lack of a playoff berth, his actions likely hurt many of his teammates.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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This student’s outbursts had been an ongoing issue for three years, and Elliot quickly realized that few teachers had received the necessary restraint training to handle this student.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
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Kemp looked at the ceiling and blew a huff of air when Schwartz announced the sentence.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
24 Aug. 2025
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Getty Images To date, the post has amassed more than 900 comments from TikTok viewers, many of them poking fun at the golden retriever mother's annoyed expression and shallow huffs.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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While wildfire season in Arizona used to arrive in spring and reliably end by the monsoon, fire seasons have turned into fire years as the blazes become more erratic and frequent.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The blaze remains uncontained and and is still growing by Tuesday evening.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The performance, which garnered a robust reaction from the crowd, even got Ariana Grande to jump out of her seat as soon as Doja wrapped up on stage.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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If not the most extreme reactions are fed.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Explosion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explosion. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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