Word of the Day:
explosion
What It Means
A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
The sound of an explosion.
A sudden, uncontrolled or rapid increase, expansion, or bursting out.
Explosion in Context
“Meteorologists describe this medieval warm epoch as the ‘Little Optimum’, and they cite it as the explanation of such phenomena as the Viking explosion into Russia, France, Iceland, and the northwestern Atlantic.”
Did You Know?
From French explosion, from Latin explōsiōnis, genitive form of explōsio, from explōdo (“to drive out by clapping”), from ex- and plōdo (“to clap or strike”). For more information see explode.
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