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explosion

[ik-sploh-zhuhn] / ɪkˈsploʊ ʒən /


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GE Vernova supplies power generation equipment, and demand for electricity is growing faster than it has in decades due to the explosion in AI computing.

From Barron's

The difficult moments, Olena says, are not the explosions or the danger: "Sometimes the hardest thing is the silence after the news of losses."

From BBC

The three-storey building located in the crowded neighbourhood collapsed after an "unknown" explosion, he said.

From Barron's

He said the probable explosion occurred near Lop Nor in northwest China, which has long served as China’s main nuclear test site.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then the earth roared and the mountain bellowed and an explosion of red covered the sky.

From Literature