Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for EX-PLO'SION
EX-PLO'SION, n. [s as z. from explode.]
- A bursting with noise; a bursting or sudden expansion of any elastic fluid, with force and a loud report; as, the explosion of powder.
- The discharge of a piece of ordnance with a loud report.
- The sudden burst of sound in a volcano, &c.
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