Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for explosion. Search instead for gasexplosion.
Definitions

explosion

[ik-sploh-zhuhn] / ɪkˈsploʊ ʒən /


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

“The dangers are so much different. Instead of an explosion, it just turns off. There’s no radioactive waste. So this light touch is exactly what the Congress overwhelmingly … wanted the NRC to do.”

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

"This is because the whale may carry diseases that can also be transmitted to humans, and there may also be a risk of explosion," as decomposition creates large volumes of gases, it said.

From Barron's • May 16, 2026

Calls about a fire or possible explosion on Platform Habitat came in around 7 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

And in an age when many steamboats, cheaply built and poorly maintained, did, in the words of one contemporary, “a wholesale business in human slaughter,” Vanderbilt never lost a ship to fire, explosion or shipwreck.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

It would be impossible for Papa to vanish from the earth without an explosion of grief from the air itself.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack




Vocabulary lists containing explosion


Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Look it up. Learn it forever.

Remember "explosion" for good with VocabTrainer. Expand your vocabulary effortlessly with personalized learning tools that adapt to your goals.

Take me to Vocabulary.com