The whole sky lit up and there was an explosion.
Source: tatoeba (18348)
Explosion
//ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən//
Synonyms for "explosion" (104 found)
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Closest matches (21)
Strong matches (31)
Related words (52)
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14 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
8 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesat location
1 entriescauses
2 entriesdbpedia genre
3 entriesderived
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
has property
1 entriesis a
10 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
134 translations across 87 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- ontploffing noun (violent release of energy)
Albanian
1 entries- shpërthim noun (violent release of energy)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἔκρηξις noun (violent release of energy)
Arabic
3 entries- انفجار noun (violent release of energy)
- اِنْفِجَار noun (violent release of energy)
- تَفْجِير noun (violent release of energy)
Armenian
1 entries- պայթյուն noun (violent release of energy)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- partlayış noun (violent release of energy)
Basque
1 entries- leherketa noun (violent release of energy)
Belarusian
1 entries- вы́бух noun (violent release of energy)
Bengali
1 entries- বিস্ফোরণ noun (violent release of energy)
Bulgarian
2 entries- взрив noun (violent release of energy)
- експло́зия noun (violent release of energy)
Burmese
1 entries- ပေါက်ကွဲမှု noun (violent release of energy)
Catalan
1 entries- explosió noun (violent release of energy)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- تەقاندن noun (violent release of energy)
Chechen
2 entries- эккхар noun (violent release of energy)
- эккхийтар noun (violent release of energy)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 爆炸 noun (violent release of energy)
- 爆發 /爆发 noun (violent release of energy)
Czech
1 entries- výbuch noun (violent release of energy)
Danish
1 entries- eksplosion noun (violent release of energy)
Dutch
2 entries- explosie noun (violent release of energy)
- ontploffing noun (violent release of energy)
Elfdalian
1 entries- eksplusiuon noun (violent release of energy)
Esperanto
1 entries- eksplodo noun (violent release of energy)
Estonian
1 entries- plahvatus noun (violent release of energy)
Faroese
1 entries- spreinging noun (violent release of energy)
Finnish
4 entries- räjähdys noun (violent release of energy)
- räjähdys noun (sound of an explosion)
- räjähdys noun (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out)
- räjähtäminen noun (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out)
French
1 entries- explosion noun (violent release of energy)
Galician
4 entries- detonación noun (sound of an explosion)
- estoupido noun (sound of an explosion)
- estouro noun (sound of an explosion)
- explosión noun (violent release of energy)
Georgian
1 entries- აფეთქება noun (violent release of energy)
German
1 entries- Explosion noun (violent release of energy)
Greek
2 entries- έκρηξη noun (violent release of energy)
- ανατίναξη noun (sound of an explosion)
Hebrew
1 entries- פִּיצוּץ noun (violent release of energy)
Hindi
1 entries- विस्फोट noun (violent release of energy)
Hungarian
1 entries- robbanás noun (violent release of energy)
Icelandic
1 entries- sprenging noun (violent release of energy)
Ido
1 entries- explozo noun (violent release of energy)
Indonesian
3 entries- eksplosi noun (violent release of energy)
- ledakan noun (violent release of energy)
- letupan noun (violent release of energy)
Irish
2 entries- pléasc noun (violent release of energy)
- pléasc noun (sound of an explosion)
Italian
3 entries- esplosione noun (violent release of energy)
- scoppio noun (violent release of energy)
- scoppio noun (sound of an explosion)
Japanese
2 entries- 爆発 noun (violent release of energy)
- 爆発音 noun (sound of an explosion)
Kalmyk
1 entries- хаһрлһн noun (violent release of energy)
Kapampangan
1 entries- akbung noun (violent release of energy)
Kazakh
2 entries- жарылыс noun (violent release of energy)
- қопарылыс noun (violent release of energy)
Khmer
1 entries- ការផ្ទុះ noun (violent release of energy)
Korean
1 entries- 폭발 noun (violent release of energy)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- жарылуу noun (violent release of energy)
- жарылыш noun (violent release of energy)
Lao
1 entries- ການລະເບີດ noun (violent release of energy)
Latin
2 entries- diruptio noun (violent release of energy)
- displosio noun (violent release of energy)
Latvian
1 entries- sprādziens noun (violent release of energy)
Lithuanian
2 entries- eksplozija noun (violent release of energy)
- sprogimas noun (violent release of energy)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- eksplozija noun (violent release of energy)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Explosioun noun (violent release of energy)
Macedonian
1 entries- експлозија noun (violent release of energy)
Malay
2 entries- ledakan noun (violent release of energy)
- letupan noun (violent release of energy)
Malayalam
2 entries- പൊട്ടിത്തെറി noun (violent release of energy)
- സ്ഫോടനം noun (violent release of energy)
Marathi
1 entries- स्फोट noun (violent release of energy)
Mongolian
2 entries- дэлбэрэлт noun (violent release of energy)
- тэсрэлт noun (violent release of energy)
Māori
3 entries- pakūtanga noun (violent release of energy)
- papātanga noun (violent release of energy)
- rengapapā noun (sound of an explosion)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- teqîn noun (violent release of energy)
Northern Sami
1 entries- bávkkiheapmi noun (violent release of energy)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- eksplosjon noun (violent release of energy)
- eksplosjon noun (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- eksplosjon noun (violent release of energy)
- eksplosjon noun (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out)
Pashto
1 entries- انفجار noun (violent release of energy)
Persian
2 entries- اِنْفِجار noun (violent release of energy)
- ترکش noun (violent release of energy)
Polish
3 entries- eksplozja noun (violent release of energy)
- gwałtowny wzrost noun (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out)
- wybuch noun (violent release of energy)
Portuguese
1 entries- explosão noun (violent release of energy)
Punjabi
3 entries- ਠਾਹ noun (sound of an explosion)
- ਧਮਾਕਾ noun (violent release of energy)
- ਵਿਸਫੋਟ noun (violent release of energy)
Romanian
2 entries- detunătură noun (sound of an explosion)
- explozie noun (violent release of energy)
Russian
2 entries- взрыв noun (violent release of energy)
- взрыв noun (sound of an explosion)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- èksplōzija noun (violent release of energy)
- ѐкспло̄зија noun (violent release of energy)
Slovak
1 entries- výbuch noun (violent release of energy)
Slovene
1 entries- eksplozija noun (violent release of energy)
Spanish
1 entries- explosión noun (violent release of energy)
Swahili
3 entries- mlipuko noun (violent release of energy)
- mlipuko noun (sound of an explosion)
- mlipuko noun (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out)
Swedish
1 entries- explosion noun (violent release of energy)
Tagalog
1 entries- pagsabog noun (violent release of energy)
Tajik
3 entries- инфиҷор noun (violent release of energy)
- таркидан noun (violent release of energy)
- таркиш noun (violent release of energy)
Tamil
4 entries- எதிர்பாராத வளர்ச்சி noun (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out)
- திடீர் பெருக்கம் noun (sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out)
- வெடி noun (violent release of energy)
- வெடி noun (sound of an explosion)
Telugu
1 entries- పేలుడు noun (violent release of energy)
Thai
2 entries- การระเบิด noun (violent release of energy)
- ภัยการระเบิด noun (violent release of energy)
Turkish
1 entries- patlama noun (violent release of energy)
Turkmen
1 entries- ýarylma noun (violent release of energy)
Ukrainian
1 entries- ви́бух noun (violent release of energy)
Urdu
1 entries- دَھماکَہ noun (violent release of energy)
Uyghur
1 entries- پارتىلاش noun (violent release of energy)
Uzbek
1 entries- portlash noun (violent release of energy)
Vietnamese
1 entries- nổ noun (violent release of energy)
Welsh
2 entries- ffrwydrad noun (violent release of energy)
- tanchwa noun (violent release of energy)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ûntploffing noun (violent release of energy)
Yiddish
1 entries- אויפֿרײַס noun (violent release of energy)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
The reporter covered the gas explosion in Shibuya.
Source: tatoeba (20195)
The roof was blown off by the explosion.
Source: tatoeba (25572)
Just as we are talking, there was a loud explosion.
Source: tatoeba (40148)
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.