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explosion

[ik-sploh-zhuhn] / ɪkˈsploʊ ʒən /


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On the morning of Dec. 8, the two men said they had just come off a 12-hour overnight shift when they heard explosions rip through the air.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Lord Herbert said "an explosion of social media" in the years since they were introduced has meant police had been drawn into monitoring "mere disputes" online.

From BBC

Two miners have died due to a methane leak at a Polish mine where a gas explosion killed 14 in 2022, the mine's operator said on Tuesday.

From Barron's

China's reaction to the military takeover was initially muted, but the explosion of internet scam centres along the China-Myanmar border threw a lever.

From Barron's

"My children tremble at every explosion and ask me, 'Where can we go?' And I have no answer."

From Barron's