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hyperexplosion

hyperexplosion noun: an extremely severe explosion; a superexplosion.

Noun

hyperexplosion (plural hyperexplosions)

  1. (rare) An extremely severe explosion; a superexplosion.
    • Impacts versus Hyperexplosions as a cause of circular structures on Earth.1982, Jennifer M. Groh, Tectonics & Structural Geology Newsletter, Volume 8, Specialist Group in Tectonics & Structural Geology. Geological Society of Australia, page 52
    • His "inflation theory" posits that the universe began in a hyperexplosion that makes the big bang look like a whimper; it answers mysteries of cosmologyon which earlier theories had been mute."1993 September 26, Sharon Begley, “The Puzzle Of Genius”, in www.newsweek.com, archived from the original on 09 May 2021

Forms of hyperexplosion

pluralhyperexplosions
alternative formhyper explosion
alternative formhyper-explosion

Origin of hyperexplosion

From hyper- + explosion.

Questions about hyperexplosion

What does hyperexplosion mean?
Hyperexplosion means an extremely severe explosion; a superexplosion.
What part of speech is hyperexplosion?
Hyperexplosion is a noun.
What is the plural of hyperexplosion?
The plural of hyperexplosion is hyperexplosions.

Words near hyperexplosion in the dictionary

  1. hyperexpansion
  2. hyperexpansions
  3. hyperexpansive
  4. hyperexplexia
  5. hyperexplicit
  6. hyperexplosion
  7. hyperexplosions
  8. hyperexponential
  9. hyperexpose
  10. hyperexposed
  11. hyperexposure

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