explosion

noun

• a violent and destructive shattering or blowing apart of something, as is caused by a bomb.
• technical a violent expansion in which energy is transmitted outward as a shock wave.
• a sudden outburst of something such as noise, light, or violent emotion, especially anger:an explosion of anger
• a sudden political or social upheaval.
• a rapid or sudden increase in amount or extent:an explosion in the adder population
• Phoneticsanother term for plosion.