Explosion
Explosion noun - The act or an instance of exploding.
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Onset and explosion are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Onset" instead a noun "Explosion".
Onset
Onset noun - The act or action of setting upon with force or violence.
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- In Dune, the onset of field-generator-shielding makes lasguns so Cool But Inefficient (firing a lasgun at a shield causes a small nuclear explosion) that nobody uses them.
Source: Cool, but Inefficient
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