Explosion

Of discharge.   May also be referred to as blowup and detonation.

A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction.

This concept's ID is @1~39055

Cosmology

  • big bang 0 facts

    (cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the...

  • inflation 0 facts

    (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light)...

Also contains

  • blast 1 facts

    An explosion (as of dynamite).

  • backfire 1 facts

    The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired.

  • airburst 0 facts

    An explosion in the atmosphere.

  • backfire 0 facts

    A loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion...

  • fragmentation 0 facts

    The scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes.