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explosions

  • plural
    of explosion.
    explosion
    noun
    an act or instance of exploding; a violent expansion or bursting with noise, as of gunpowder or a boiler (opposed to implosion).

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Separately, there have been reports of a fire and explosions at a logistics centre of Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries, in the Voronezh region.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

The space junk includes defunct man-made objects like rocket bodies, dead satellites and fragments from launches, explosions and collisions that threaten to re-enter Earth's atmosphere or crash into functioning satellites.

From Barron's ● Aug. 7, 2026

It is not clear what caused the explosions, or whether the ship was attacked.

From Barron's ● Aug. 6, 2026

In his telling, the combination made him conceited and aggrieved and accounted for the bizarre explosions of rage that punctuated his youth.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Then, for the fourth time since the broadcast began, the news announcer interrupts with a special bulletin: An astronomer at McGill University in Canada has just seen three more explosions on Mars.

From "Spooked!" by Gail Jarrow