explosion
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
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Sense 2 noun
the act of exploding or bursting
the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children
Types & categories
- change of integrity hypernym
- detonation hyponym
- fulmination hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a sudden great increase
the population explosion
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Related & opposite
- irrupt derivation
Sense 4 noun
the noise caused by an explosion
the explosion was heard a mile away
Types & categories
- noise hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
Types & categories
- tone ending hypernym
Parts & wholes
- stop consonant part holonym
Related & opposite
- explode derivation
Sense 6 noun
a sudden outburst
an explosion of laughter
Types & categories
- effusion hypernym
Related & opposite
- break loose derivation
Sense 7 noun
a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
Types & categories
- golf stroke hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detonate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | explode |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | discharge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | airburst |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | backfire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | big bang |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | backfire |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fragmentation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | inflation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | explode |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | explode |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | burst |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change of integrity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | detonation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fulmination |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | irrupt |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | noise |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | explode |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | stop consonant |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | tone ending |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | break loose |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | effusion |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | golf stroke |