The whole sky lit up and there was an explosion.
Source: tatoeba (18348)
Explosion
/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/
Synonyms for "explosion" (118 found)
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Closest matches (24)
accelerandoaccelerationaccessaggravationbackfirebangbarkbeefing-upblastblazeblaze of temperblowing upblowoutblowup
Strong matches (35)
Noun(6 words)
Related words (59)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
More specific
6 entrieschemical explosiondust explosiongas explosionnuclear explosionpopulation explosionprice explosion
Collocations
5 entriesexplosion energyexplosion hazardexplosion riskgas explosionnuclear explosion
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
3 entriesSample 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)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.