Thesaurus.com
Dictionary.com
Showing results for explosion. Search instead for hausexplosion.
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.

See Examples For:

In a 1963 Canadian Parliamentary committee, for example, a witness from the chemical industry prominently cited it as reason chemical pesticides were required: to feed the approaching population explosion.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

The explosion in interest in women's football during the past five years has been spearheaded by two of the biggest broadcasters in the UK – Sky Sports and the BBC.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

“It just slowly over time became too much until I did just have this explosion moment. I was playing those songs every night, and it didn’t feel like me anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Zakhavko heard an explosion nearby—she couldn’t tell how far away.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 11, 2026

Until then, Superintendent Yoshida had no idea that the explosion they had heard that morning had actually come from unit 4.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

Awkwardness is to Mr. Fielder what explosions are to Michael Bay, and he revels in the long, bizarre takes in which she maintains a frozen facial expression for agonizing periods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026

When asked about the explosions, President Zelensky has previously insisted that Ukraine "definitely didn't do that".

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

These extraordinarily violent events produce gravitational waves and rank among the most powerful explosions in the Universe.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026

Loud explosions rattled the Saudi capital on Monday evening.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

At times there are chains of reverberating explosions, shaking everything: the imagination, as we say, is staggered.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas


Vocabulary lists containing explosion

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com