Explosion
Explosion noun - An outburst or display of excited anger.
Usage example: the tennis player's expletive-enriched explosions on the court tested the patience of officials
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Synonyms for Explosion
Upheaval and explosion are semantically related In some cases you can use "Upheaval" instead a noun "Explosion".
Upheaval
Upheaval noun - A violent disturbance (as of the political or social order).
Explosion and upheaval are semantically related in major change topic. Sometimes you can use "Explosion" instead a noun "Upheaval".
How words are described
| complete | complete explosion | complete upheaval |
| violent | violent explosion | violent upheaval |
| massive | massive explosion | massive upheaval |
| large | large explosion | large upheaval |
| Other adjectives: big, enormous, huge, little, catastrophic, tremendous, subsequent, resultant, resulting, volcanic. | ||
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