Word Meanings - EXPLOSION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc. 2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure;

Additional info about word: EXPLOSION

1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc. 2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc. 3. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath. A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism. Macaulay.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of EXPLOSION)

• Blast
• Breeze
• efflation
• explosion
• blight
• burst
• blaze
• frustration
• destruction
• squall
• gale
• tempest
• hurricane
• affiliation
• Eruption
• Outburst
• discharge
• eruptation
• exumation

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of EXPLOSION)

• Restore
• expand
• swell
• Cohere
• hold
• stand

Related words: (words related to EXPLOSION)

• BURSTEN
  p. p. of Burst, v. i.
• BURST
  berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. bærst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, 1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden
• BLASTMENT
  A sudden stroke or injury produced by some destructive cause. Shak.
• TEMPESTIVE
  Seasonable; timely; as, tempestive showers. Heywood. -- Tem*pes"tive*ly, adv.
• STANDARD
  The proportion of weights of fine metal and alloy established by authority. By the present standard of the coinage, sixty-two shillings is coined out of one pound weight of silver. Arbuthnot. (more info) extendere to spread out, extend,
• STANDPOINT
  A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
• STANDPIPE
  A vertical pipe, open at the top, between a hydrant and a reservoir, to equalize the flow of water; also, a large vertical pipe, near a pumping engine, into which water is forced up, so as to give it sufficient head to rise to the required level
• BLASTOSPHERE
  The hollow globe or sphere formed by the arrangement of the blastomeres on the periphery of an impregnated ovum. Note:
• BLASTOPHORE
  That portion of the spermatospore which is not converted into spermatoblasts, but carries them.
• BLASTODERMATIC; BLASTODERMIC
  Of or pertaining to the blastoderm.
• SWELLTOAD
  A swellfish.
• BURSTER
  One that bursts.
• BLAST
  blastr, OHG. blast, and fr. a verb akin to Icel. blasa to blow, OHG. blâsan, Goth. bl ; all prob. from the same root as E. blow. 1. A violent gust of wind. And see where surly Winter passes off, Far to the north, and calls his ruffian blasts;
• BREEZELESS
  Motionless; destitute of breezes. A stagnant, breezeless air becalms my soul. Shenstone.
• COHERE
  1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass. Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke. 2. To be united or connected together in subordination
• BREEZE
  brisa, a breeze from northeast, Pg. briza northeast wind; of uncertain origin; cf. F. bise, Pr. bisa, OHG. bisa, north wind, Arm. 1. A light, gentle wind; a fresh, soft-blowing wind. Into a gradual calm the breezes sink. Wordsworth. 2. An excited
• EXPANDER
  Anything which causes expansion esp. a tool for stretching open or expanding a tube, etc.
• STANDAGE
  A reservior in which water accumulates at the bottom of a mine.
• BLASTOMERE
  One of the segments first formed by the division of the ovum. Balfour.
• RESTORE
  To bring back to its former state; to bring back from a state of ruin, decay, disease, or the like; to repair; to renew; to recover. "To restore and to build Jerusalem." Dan. ix. 25. Our fortune restored after the severest afflictions. Prior. And
• BYSTANDER
  One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting. He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey. Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.
• SPANKING BREEZE
  a strong breeze.
• SUNBURST
  A burst of sunlight.
• DIPLOBLASTIC
  Characterizing the ovum when it has two primary germinal layers.
• AGAINSTAND
  To withstand.
• UPSWELL
  To swell or rise up.
• NEMATOBLAST
  A spermatocyte or spermoblast.
• ABLASTEMIC
  Non-germinal.
• ANTICOHERER
  A device, one form of which consists of a scratched deposit of silver on glass, used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals. The electric waves falling on this contrivance increase its resistance several times. The
• CNIDOBLAST
  One of the cells which, in the Coelenterata, develop into cnidæ.
• UNDERSTANDINGLY
  In an understanding manner; intelligibly; with full knowledge or comprehension; intelligently; as, to vote upon a question understandingly; to act or judge understandingly. The gospel may be neglected, but in can not be understandingly disbelieved.
• CLOUD-BURST
  A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.
• INCOHERENCE; INCOHERENCY
  1. The quality or state of being incoherent; want of coherence; want of cohesion or adherence. Boyle. 2. Want of connection; incongruity; inconsistency; want of agreement or dependence of one part on another; as, the incoherence of arguments,
• STILLSTAND
  A standstill. Shak.