• (RP) IPA: /ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/
• (America) IPA: /ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒən/

explosion

1. A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical.)
2. A bursting due to pressure.
3. The sound of an explosion.
4. A sudden uncontrolled increase.
   • 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 3-4:

     As with the Lejeuneaceae, this pattern of massive speciation appears to be correlated with the Cretaceous explosion of the angiosperms and the simultaneous creation of a host of new microenvironments, differing in humidity, light intensity, texture, etc.

5. A sudden outburst.

• blast
• burst
• detonation
• eruption
• fulmination
• bang
• boom

• implosion

• explode
• explosive
• principle of explosion

• French: explosion
• German: Explosion
• Italian: esplosione, scoppio
• Portuguese: explosão
• Russian: взрыв
• Spanish: explosión

• Russian: взрыв

• Italian: scoppio
• Russian: взрыв