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| backfire |
a noisy explosion that occurs in a gasoline engine that is not working properly. [1/3 definitions] |
| blast |
an explosion. [2/6 definitions] |
| blow up |
to destroy or be destroyed through an explosion. [1/3 definitions] |
| boom1 |
a deep, hollow sound, as from an explosion. [1/4 definitions] |
| burst |
an act of bursting; explosion. [1/7 definitions] |
| eruption |
When there is an eruption, something breaks open and material comes out. If there is an eruption of a volcano, there is an explosion inside it. The mountain breaks open and lava pours out. |
| explosion |
When there is an explosion, it means that something has blown apart with great force. An explosion is also the loud noise that you hear when something blows apart. [2 definitions] |
| explosive |
able to cause an explosion. [3 definitions] |
| fallout |
the radioactive particles that fall from a nuclear explosion. |
| fuse1 |
any device used to set off an explosion. |
| hydrogen bomb |
a very powerful type of bomb. When its hydrogen atoms are forced together under great heat and pressure, they release energy in a huge explosion. |
| pop1 |
When something pops, it makes a short, sharp sound, like the sound of a little explosion. [1/9 definitions] |
| pow |
a word used to suggest the loud sound of a shot, blow, or explosion. [2 definitions] |
| tsunami |
a very large, often destructive, sea wave that is caused by an earthquake or explosion of a volcano under the ocean. |
| volcano |
an opening in the earth's crust through which melted rock, ash, and gases are forced out in an explosion, or the mountain or hill that is created around the opening by the cooling rock. |
| wham |
used to imitate the sound of a loud noise made by hard blow, heavy falling object, or explosion. |
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