Explosion and Impulse

Explosion

Explosion noun - The act or an instance of exploding.

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

Impulse noun - Something that arouses action or activity.

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Explosion and impulse are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Explosion" instead a noun "Impulse".

Nearby Words: impulsive, impulsively, impulsion, impulsing, impulsed

full	full explosion	full impulse
initial	initial explosion	initial impulse
single	single explosion	single impulse
small	small explosion	small impulse
Other adjectives: strong, powerful, psychic, destructive, sudden, electrical.

Also subverted in that the saucer doesn't outrun the fireball — the explosion's shockwave destroys the saucer's impulse engines and knocks it sharply out of orbit, causing it to crash onto the planet below.

Source: Film / Star Trek: Generations
When the Freedom is pierced, a massive explosion occurs that knocks the Minerva (a fair distance away) back, heavily damaging the attacking Impulse and leaving a visible mushroom cloud.

Source: Plot Hole
In the Season 2 Finale, Kid Flash sacrifices himself to help the Flash and Impulse stop the Reach's endgame, as his slower speed made him vulnerable to fatal discharges of energy from the explosion they were trying to prevent and caused him to disappear, or "cease".

Source: Heroic Sacrifice / Western Animation

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