explosion

Example Sentences

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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

BOISE, Idaho—Each afternoon at around 4:30, the earth here shakes from a series of controlled explosions, as engineers blast through basalt bedrock to flatten out the ground underneath a gigantic new semiconductor factory.

From The Wall Street Journal

The result was a decline in moviegoing and an explosion of interest in an exciting new technology: television.

From The Wall Street Journal

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