explosion

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/
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• US: /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
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• US: /ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 K S P L OW1 ZH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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.

134 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: ontploffing — violent release of energy
• Albanian: shpërthim — violent release of energy
• Arabic: اِنْفِجَار (infijār) — violent release of energy
• Arabic: تَفْجِير (tafjīr) — violent release of energy
• Arabic: انفجار (infigār) — violent release of energy
• Armenian: պայթյուն (paytʻyun) — violent release of energy
• Azerbaijani: partlayış — violent release of energy
• Basque: leherketa — violent release of energy
• Belarusian: вы́бух (výbux) — violent release of energy
• Bengali: বিস্ফোরণ (biśphōron) — violent release of energy
• Bulgarian: взрив (vzriv) — violent release of energy
• Bulgarian: експло́зия (eksplózija) — violent release of energy
• Burmese: ပေါက်ကွဲမှု (paukkwai:hmu.) — violent release of energy
• Catalan: explosió — violent release of energy
• Chechen: эккхийтар (eqqiı̇tar) — violent release of energy
• Chechen: эккхар (eqqar) — violent release of energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 爆炸 (bàozhà) — violent release of energy
• Chinese Mandarin: 爆發 /爆发 (bàofā) — violent release of energy
• Czech: výbuch — violent release of energy
• Danish: eksplosion — violent release of energy
• Dutch: explosie — violent release of energy
• Dutch: ontploffing — violent release of energy
• Elfdalian: eksplusiuon — violent release of energy
• Esperanto: eksplodo — violent release of energy
• Estonian: plahvatus — violent release of energy
• Faroese: spreinging — violent release of energy
• Finnish: räjähdys — violent release of energy
• French: explosion — violent release of energy
• West-Frisian: ûntploffing — violent release of energy
• Galician: explosión — violent release of energy
• Georgian: აფეთქება (apetkeba) — violent release of energy
• German: Explosion — violent release of energy
• Greek: έκρηξη (ékrixi) — violent release of energy
• Ancient Greek: ἔκρηξις (ékrēxis) — violent release of energy
• Hebrew: פִּיצוּץ (pitsúts) — violent release of energy
• Hindi: विस्फोट (visphoṭ) — violent release of energy
• Hungarian: robbanás — violent release of energy
• Icelandic: sprenging — violent release of energy
• Ido: explozo — violent release of energy
• Indonesian: ledakan — violent release of energy
• Indonesian: letupan — violent release of energy
• Indonesian: eksplosi — violent release of energy
• Irish: pléasc — violent release of energy
• Italian: esplosione — violent release of energy
• Italian: scoppio — violent release of energy
• Japanese: 爆発 — violent release of energy
• Kalmyk: хаһрлһн (xağrlğn) — violent release of energy
• Kapampangan: akbung — violent release of energy
• Kazakh: қопарылыс (qoparylys) — violent release of energy
• Kazakh: жарылыс (jarylys) — violent release of energy
• Khmer: ការផ្ទុះ (kaa phtuh) — violent release of energy
• Korean: 폭발 (pokbal) — violent release of energy
• Central Kurdish: تەقاندن (teqandin) — violent release of energy
• Northern Kurdish: teqîn — violent release of energy
• Kyrgyz: жарылыш (jarılış) — violent release of energy
• Kyrgyz: жарылуу (jarıluu) — violent release of energy
• Lao: ການລະເບີດ (kān la bœ̄t) — violent release of energy
• Latin: displosio — violent release of energy
• Latin: diruptio — violent release of energy
• Latvian: sprādziens — violent release of energy
• Lithuanian: sprogimas — violent release of energy
• Lithuanian: eksplozija — violent release of energy
• Luxembourgish: Explosioun — violent release of energy
• Macedonian: експлозија (eksplozija) — violent release of energy
• Malay: letupan — violent release of energy
• Malay: ledakan — violent release of energy
• Malayalam: സ്ഫോടനം (sphōṭanaṁ) — violent release of energy
• Malayalam: പൊട്ടിത്തെറി (poṭṭitteṟi) — violent release of energy
• Māori: papātanga — violent release of energy
• Māori: pakūtanga — violent release of energy
• Marathi: स्फोट (sphoṭ) — violent release of energy
• Mongolian: тэсрэлт (tesrelt) — violent release of energy
• Mongolian: дэлбэрэлт (delberelt) — violent release of energy
• Norwegian Bokmål: eksplosjon — violent release of energy
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eksplosjon — violent release of energy
• Pashto: انفجار (enfejār) — violent release of energy
• Persian: اِنْفِجار (enfejâr) — violent release of energy
• Persian: ترکش (tarkeš) — violent release of energy
• Polish: wybuch — violent release of energy
• Polish: eksplozja — violent release of energy
• Portuguese: explosão — violent release of energy
• Punjabi: ਧਮਾਕਾ (dhamākā) — violent release of energy
• Punjabi: ਵਿਸਫੋਟ (visphoṭ) — violent release of energy
• Romanian: explozie — violent release of energy
• Russian: взрыв (vzryv) — violent release of energy
• Northern Sami: bávkkiheapmi — violent release of energy
• Serbo-Croatian: ѐкспло̄зија — violent release of energy
• Serbo-Croatian: èksplōzija — violent release of energy
• Slovak: výbuch — violent release of energy
• Slovene: eksplozija — violent release of energy
• Lower Sorbian: eksplozija — violent release of energy
• Spanish: explosión — violent release of energy
• Swahili: mlipuko — violent release of energy
• Swedish: explosion — violent release of energy
• Tagalog: pagsabog — violent release of energy
• Tajik: таркиш (tarkiš) — violent release of energy
• Tajik: таркидан (tarkidan) — violent release of energy
• Tajik: инфиҷор (infijor) — violent release of energy
• Tamil: வெடி (veṭi) — violent release of energy
• Telugu: పేలుడు (pēluḍu) — violent release of energy
• Thai: การระเบิด (gaan-rá-bə̀ət) — violent release of energy
• Thai: ภัยการระเบิด (pai-gaan-rá-bə̀ət) — violent release of energy
• Turkish: patlama — violent release of energy
• Turkmen: ýarylma — violent release of energy
• Ukrainian: ви́бух (výbux) — violent release of energy
• Urdu: دَھماکَہ (dhamāka) — violent release of energy
• Uyghur: پارتىلاش (partilash) — violent release of energy
• Uzbek: portlash — violent release of energy
• Vietnamese: nổ — violent release of energy
• Welsh: tanchwa — violent release of energy
• Welsh: ffrwydrad — violent release of energy
• Yiddish: אויפֿרײַס (oyfrays) — violent release of energy
• Finnish: räjähdys — sound of an explosion
• Galician: estouro — sound of an explosion
• Galician: detonación — sound of an explosion
• Galician: estoupido — sound of an explosion
• Greek: ανατίναξη (anatínaxi) — sound of an explosion
• Irish: pléasc — sound of an explosion
• Italian: scoppio — sound of an explosion
• Japanese: 爆発音 — sound of an explosion
• Māori: rengapapā — sound of an explosion
• Punjabi: ਠਾਹ (ṭhāh) — sound of an explosion
• Romanian: detunătură — sound of an explosion
• Russian: взрыв (vzryv) — sound of an explosion
• Swahili: mlipuko — sound of an explosion
• Tamil: வெடி (veṭi) — sound of an explosion
• Finnish: räjähdys — sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out
• Finnish: räjähtäminen — sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out
• Norwegian Bokmål: eksplosjon — sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eksplosjon — sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out
• Polish: gwałtowny wzrost — sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out
• Swahili: mlipuko — sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out
• Tamil: திடீர் பெருக்கம் (tiṭīr perukkam) — sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out
• Tamil: எதிர்பாராத வளர்ச்சி (etirpārāta vaḷarcci) — sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out