massive explosion

collocation in English

meaningsofmassiveandexplosion

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massive
adjective
uk
/ˈmæs.ɪv/us
/ˈmæs.ɪv/
very large in size, amount, ...
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explosion
noun
uk
/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
the fact of something such as a ...
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(Definition ofmassiveandexplosionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Our country provides the example of increased reliance on technology accompanied by increased excise duties and amassiveexplosionin smuggling.
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Above all, there has been amassiveexplosionin the number of young people entering higher education.
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Are we not on the brink of amassiveexplosionin the number of abandoned vehicles on our streets?
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There was amassiveexplosionin the payments made to civil servants and to the public sector generally.
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Many people imagine amassiveexplosiontaking place.
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They lead to inflexibilities in the labour market, and cause amassiveexplosionin wages when, inevitably, they have to come to an end.
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That unpublicised decision led directly to amassiveexplosionin private institutional care.
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But unless we start heading in that direction, with amassiveexplosionin subsidy, £9 billion will be spent in the next couple of years on mortgage tax relief.
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The background to the present position is that between 1978 and 1982 there was amassiveexplosionin expenditure on social work and, to a lesser extent, on education.
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Given that there has been amassiveexplosionof technology and of available information and so on, all this must make us wonder what is happening.
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Less than an hour later, amassiveexplosionoccurred, as a result of which many residents were made homeless, several were injured and, tragically, one man lost his life.
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The main ammunition depot was hit, creating amassiveexplosionwhich continued to burn throughout the night.
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The family, reunited, embrace as the hangar erupts in amassiveexplosion.
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Themassiveexplosionproduces shock waves that compress the gas surrounding the dying star.
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Themassiveexplosionthat sank her had blown much of her midships superstructure away and makes the wreck very accessible to divers.
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An embedded detonator ignited the cloud as it descended to the ground to produce amassiveexplosion.
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The cell then shakes with the force and sound of amassiveexplosion.
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Hale manages to reach the top of the tower and destroys its central reactor, resulting in amassiveexplosionthat obliterates the tower.
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One day, though, the wizard accidentally mixes together a bad batch of potions, which create amassiveexplosion.
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However, upon the sphere's destruction, amassiveexplosiondestroys subspace for a three light-year radius.
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