ensuing explosion

collocation in English

meaningsofensuingandexplosion

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ensuing
adjective[before noun]
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/ɪnˈsjuː.ɪŋ/us
/ɪnˈsuː.ɪŋ/
happening after something and because ...
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explosion
noun
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/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒən/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.ʒən/
the fact of something such as a ...
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(Definition ofensuingandexplosionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The benzine ignited and in the ensuing explosions 60 men, women, and children died.
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Theensuingexplosiondestroyed the site beyond repair.
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Theensuingexplosionwas massive and destroyed the entire post.
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Theensuingexplosionseverely injured the embassy's housekeeper and significantly damaged the embassy building.
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Theensuingexplosionmiraculously restores the girl's eyesight.
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Theensuingexplosionslightly singed the fleeing pilot.
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Theensuingexplosiondestroyed six homes and the town's meeting house.
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In theensuingexplosion, manhole covers launched skyward as jets of fire erupted from depths of the sewer lines.
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In any case, both planes were destroyed in theensuingexplosion.
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Unfortunately, theensuingexplosiontakes out the planet as well.
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Theensuingexplosioncaused the collapse of the western half of the southern wing of the hotel.
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Theensuingexplosiondestroys everything within a large radius and annihilates over a million people.
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The cannon is hit by enemy fire, and he eventually dies in theensuingexplosion.
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After destroying the shield generator in the core, he flees from theensuingexplosionand flies back out to space.
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Theensuingexplosionblows them all away.
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Theensuingexplosiondestroyed the entire post.
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The benzine ignited and in the ensuing explosions 60 men, women, and children died.
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The petroleum ether ignited and in the ensuing explosions 60 men, women and children died.
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