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explosions

NOUN

eruption, discharge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

blast burst detonation firing outbreak outburst

STRONG

access backfire bang blowout blowup clap combustion concussion crack fit flare-up fulmination gust ignition paroxysm percussion pop report roar salvo

Antonyms

WEAK

implosion

Example Sentences

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Pasadena officials are warning that residents may hear helicopters, controlled explosions and simulated weapons fire as the U.S. military conducts a training exercise in the northeast area of the city Wednesday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

We were two floors underground, and yet we could feel and hear the massive explosions above.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Scientists say future cooperation between ground-based observatories and NASA's space telescopes will help reveal even more about these violent stellar explosions and the extreme objects hidden inside them.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Other tests have ended in explosions, including one last June that shook homes miles away.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

The Doppler effect is the key to cosmology. explosions, that produced any particular sample of magnesium.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan