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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion |
| Synonyms: | bang, blast, blow-up, blowout, boom, discharge, ignition |
| Main Entry: | blast |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion |
| Synonyms: | bang, blow-up, burst, crash, detonation, discharge, dynamite, eruption, outbreak, outburst, salvo, volley |
| Main Entry: | blowout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | explosion; something exploded |
| Synonyms: | blast, break, burst, detonation, eruption, escape, flat tire, leak, puncture, rupture, tear |
| Main Entry: | explosion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | eruption, discharge |
| Synonyms: | access, backfire, bang, blast, blowout, blowup, burst, clap, combustion, concussion, crack, detonation, firing, fit, flare-up, fulmination, gust, ignition, outbreak, outburst, paroxysm, percussion, pop, report, roar, salvo |
| Antonyms: | implosion |
| Main Entry: | noise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound that is loud or not harmonious |
| Synonyms: | babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, bewailing, blare, blast, boisterousness, boom, buzz, cacophony, caterwauling, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, drumming, eruption, explosion, fanfare, fireworks, fracas*, fuss*, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, jangle, lamentation, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, roar, row, shot, shouting, sonance, squawk, stridency, talk, thud, tumult, turbulence, uproar, uproariousness, yelling, yelp |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outbreak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sudden happening |
| Synonyms: | beginning, blowup, brawl, break, breaking, burst, bursting, commencement, commotion, convulsion, crack, crash, dawn, detonation, discharge, disorder, disruption, ebullition, effervescence, epidemic, eruption, explosion, fit, flare-up, flash, fury, gush, gushing, insurrection, irruption, mutiny, onset, outburst, outpouring, paroxysm, plague, rebellion, rending, revolution, roar, sally, sortie, spasm, spurt, storm, sundering, surge, thunder, tumult, uprising, volley |
| Antonyms: | conclusion, end, finale |
| Main Entry: | report |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | loud noise |
| Synonyms: | bang, blast, boom, crack, crash, detonation, discharge, explosion, reverberation, sound |
| Antonyms: | quiet, silence |
| Main Entry: | roar |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | growl, howl |
| Synonyms: | barrage, bawl, bay, bellow, blast, bluster, boom, clamor, clash, crash, cry, detonation, din, drum, explosion, holler, outcry, reverberation, rumble, shout, thunder, uproar, yell |
| Main Entry: | thunder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crashing sound |
| Synonyms: | barrage, blast, boom, booming, cannonade, clap, cracking, crash, crashing, detonation, discharge, drumfire, explosion, fulmination, outburst, peal, pealing, roar, rumble, rumbling, thunderbolt, thundercrack, uproar |
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