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# explosion

«explosion» in Mova's school dictionary: **A sudden loud bursting of something with great force…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (an explosion, explosions)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sudden loud bursting of something with great force, heat and noise, as when a bomb or gas goes off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/#m1)

2) A sudden big increase: a population explosion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/#m2)

3) A sudden burst of feeling: an explosion of laughter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science an explosion is a very fast chemical reaction giving out heat and gas; in safety lessons gas leaks and fireworks can cause explosions; in maths and news, «explosion» means a huge fast rise in numbers. Phrases: «a loud explosion», «gas explosion», «population explosion», «an explosion of colour».

### examples

- We heard a loud explosion from the quarry. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/#x1)
- A gas leak can cause an explosion, so tell an adult if you smell gas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/#x2)
- The volcano erupted with a huge explosion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/#x3)
- There was an explosion of laughter at the joke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/#x4)
- The town saw an explosion in the number of rabbits. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/#x5)
- The fireworks ended in an explosion of colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/#x6)

### note

From the verb «explode». Spelled -sion. Safety: never play with fireworks, gas or chemicals. In maths, an «explosion» in numbers means they grow very fast, often doubling.

### In the corpora

- [It was reported that fake AI pictures of an explosion near a famous building spread online and briefly worried people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/22-news-jobs-art-safety/9/)
- [Some films use real controlled explosions, handled only by licensed experts with strict safety rules, while others add explosions by computer.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/25-special-effects-and-stunts/13/)
- [About 540 million years ago, many animal groups with shells, eyes and legs appeared fairly quickly, in the Cambrian explosion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/58-deep-time-and-the-story-of-life/13/)
- [Coal mining was dangerous: explosions, roof falls and lung disease killed many miners.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/59-coal-oil-and-gas/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «explosion» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/explosion/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.