detonation
English Thesaurus
1. the act of detonating an explosive (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | burst, explosion, |
| definition | : | the act of exploding or bursting (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | percussion, |
| definition | : | the act of exploding a percussion cap (noun.act) |
2. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (noun.event)
| hypernym | : | discharge, |
| definition | : | the sudden giving off of energy (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | airburst, |
| definition | : | an explosion in the atmosphere (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | blast, |
| definition | : | an explosion (as of dynamite) (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | backfire, |
| definition | : | a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | big bang, |
| definition | : | (cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | backfire, blowback, |
| definition | : | the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | fragmentation, |
| definition | : | the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes (noun.event) |
| hyponym | : | inflation, |
| definition | : | (cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang (noun.event) |
3. the act of detonating an explosive (noun.act)
4. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (noun.event)
| derivation | : | blow up, detonate, explode, |
| definition | : | burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction (verb.change) |
5. the act of detonating an explosive (noun.act)
6. a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction (noun.event)
| derivation | : | blow up, detonate, explode, |
| definition | : | burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction (verb.change) |
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