explosion
UK /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/ US /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
noun 3
Definitions
noun
1
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
A man was injured by an explosion caused by drilling into a missed shot at the Mendota mine above Silver Plume, Colo.
2
The sound of an explosion.
3
A sudden, uncontrolled or rapid increase, expansion, or bursting out.
As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.
Her image is supposedly rebellious, but she looks scrubbed and healthy, with an explosion of blonde hair and generous curves shoved into too-tight clothing.
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