Collocations withexplosion
These are words often used in combination withexplosion.
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accidental explosion
This removed the principal risk of accidental explosion.
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boiler explosion
One had a cracked pin that parted, and another had a boiler explosion.
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controlled explosion
There will be a controlled explosion in a few minutes but let us not allow it to interfere with our debate.
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dust explosion
It was only at the turn of the twentieth century that they realised that there could be what is known as a spontaneous coal dust explosion.
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enormous explosion
The industry has already spent an extra £50 million as a result of this enormous explosion in prices in the gas market.
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ensuing explosion
The ensuing explosion destroyed the site beyond repair.
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explosion hazard
Encapsulating even brings about a noteworthy explosion hazard.
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explosion of violence
Officials sought to impose their will directly, and there was a brief explosion of violence.
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huge explosion
The deregulation of coach services in the early 1980s has enabled a huge explosion to take place in cheap long-distance travel.
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initial explosion
The initial explosion set in train an escalating series of fires that destroyed the installation.
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loud explosion
But then came a loud explosion, or perhaps that explosion was later on.
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massive explosion
Our country provides the example of increased reliance on technology accompanied by increased excise duties and a massive explosion in smuggling.
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nuclear explosion
The momentum for a nuclear explosion gradually picked up.
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population explosion
Alarmists feared that the world's population explosion would wreak environmental and economic havoc.
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powerful explosion
Re-ignition at the wellhead may take the form of an extremely powerful explosion, possibly even worse than the original blowout.
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resulting explosion
And the resulting explosion would presumably result in a clash between the super powers.
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secondary explosion
Two solid explosions were heard, including an internal secondary explosion.
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steam explosion
This is combined with hydroquinone and a catalyst to produce a steam explosion in the chamber, which can be directed at a pursuing predator.
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sudden explosion
The sudden explosion of seedlings on the desert floor after the first autumn rain struck me as an ecological shock.
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supernova explosion
Could a nearby supernova explosion have caused a mass extinction?
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terrible explosion
One false step on his part will cause a terrible explosion.
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thermonuclear explosion
Because of the minimum energy in excess of 1014 ergs required to trigger a thermonuclear explosion, ordinary lasers are unsuitable for this purpose.
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tremendous explosion
Luckily, it did no more than disturb one's sleep—shaking the earth with a tremendous explosion.
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underground explosion
Soviet scientists have considered a magnitude of 4·75 to be equivalent to an underground explosion of about two kilotons.
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violent explosion
This caused a violent explosion because an empty drum still contained volatile gasoline vapor.
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volcanic explosion
The issues under discussion have evolved not analogous to plate tectonics in a slow, orderly pattern, but more like a volcanic explosion.
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