Commotion and Explosion

Commotion

Commotion noun - A state of noisy, confused activity.

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Explosion and commotion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explosion" instead a noun "Commotion".

Explosion noun - The act or an instance of exploding.

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Commotion and explosion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Commotion" instead a noun "Explosion".

loud	loud commotion	loud explosion
big	big commotion	big explosion
huge	huge commotion	huge explosion
little	little commotion	little explosion
Other adjectives: minor, nearby, resulting, ensuing.

According to Scrooge himself during the events of Hearts Of the Yukon, the chimneys collapsed due to a timely boiler explosion, and he took out Soapy and his gang in the resulting commotion.

Source: Comic Book / The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck
Gory Discretion Shot: The destruction of Sid's Combat Carl isn't shown on-screen, being replaced by a shot of the toys looking at the commotion through Andy's window, but we do see pieces of it flying around after the explosion.

Source: Western Animation / Toy Story
Panty Shot: If a major commotion breaks out (such as an explosion or stun bomb), nearby skirted women will occasionally fall to the ground, exposing their (very brief for the time period) panties.

Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed: Unity

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