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nounthe terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
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- explosion the noise caused by an explosion
- blast make with or as if with an explosion
- blast shatter as if by explosion
- blast an explosion (as of dynamite)
- radiation syndrome resulting from exposure to ionizing radiation (e.g., exposure to radioactive chemicals or to nuclear explosions); low doses cause diarrhea and nausea and vomiting and sometimes loss of hair; greater exposure can cause sterility and cataracts and some forms of cancer and other diseases; severe exposure can cause death within hours
- explosive serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
- mushroom a large cloud of rubble and dust shaped like a mushroom and rising into the sky after an explosion (especially of a nuclear bomb)
- torpedo a small explosive device that is placed on a railroad track and fires when a train runs over it; the sound of the explosion warns the engineer of danger ahead
- fireball the luminous center of a nuclear explosion
- dud an explosion that fails to occur