explosion
Example Sentences
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The result was a decline in moviegoing and an explosion of interest in an exciting new technology: television.
It became apparent upon inspecting the ship that oil had moved internally into tanks not designed to hold it, presenting "a huge safety issue" and "risk of explosion".
From BBC
Astronomers have directly observed a massive dying star skip a supernova explosion and instead collapse into a black hole.
From Science Daily
"They realised I was alone, and that I might do something stupid. For them, too, it was like an explosion."
From BBC
The patterns visible in Hubble's image are highly symmetrical, ruling out a chaotic explosion like a supernova.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
