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'splosion

'splosion is the pronunciation spelling of explosion.

Meaning of explosion

Noun

explosion (countable and uncountable, plural explosions)

  1. A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
    • A man was injured by an explosion caused by drilling into a missed shot at the Mendota mine above Silver Plume, Colo.1913, Mining and Engineering World, page 171
  2. The sound of an explosion.
  3. A sudden, uncontrolled or rapid increase, expansion, or bursting out.
    • As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, pages 3-4

Forms of 'splosion

plural'splosions
alternative formsplosion

Origin of 'splosion

Clipping of explosion.

Questions about 'splosion

What is 'splosion the pronunciation spelling of?
'splosion is the pronunciation spelling of explosion.

Words near 'splosion in the dictionary

  1. 'splode
  2. 'sploded
  3. 'splodes
  4. 'splodey
  5. 'sploding
  6. 'splosion
  7. 'splosions
  8. 'sposin'
  9. 'spro
  10. 'spros
  11. 'stache

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