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
(cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the...
- inflation
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light)...
Also contains
- blast
An explosion (as of dynamite).
- backfire
The backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired.
- airburst
An explosion in the atmosphere.
- backfire
A loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion...
- fragmentation
The scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes.