explosive expansion

collocation in English

meaningsofexplosiveandexpansion

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explosive
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈspləʊ.sɪv/us
/ɪkˈsploʊ.sɪv/
exploding or able to ...
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expansion
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/us
/ɪkˈspæn.ʃən/
the increase of something in size, number, ...
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(Definition ofexplosiveandexpansionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is interface technology more than anything else that triggered such anexplosiveexpansion: a click on the mouse is all users need to traverse links across the world.
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We have got to break the circle if we are to make theexplosiveexpansionwhich is demanded.
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Most important in some ways is that information technology, which made possible this globalisation, is now undergoing anexplosiveexpansion.
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Theexplosiveexpansionof world steel capacity has hidden from view the fact that steel has been overtaken by other materials in a great number of a specialist uses.
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With broadcasting there came anexplosiveexpansionin the size of the audience and a wiping out of time needed to get the message to that audience.
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I do not want to spend too long on the question of natural gas supply because it is the almostexplosiveexpansionin the nuclear programme that worries me most.
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Since ancient times popcorn has been a popular snack food, produced through theexplosiveexpansionof kernels of heated corn (maize).
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Even one tallow tree presents a danger ofexplosiveexpansionthat can hurt local ecosystems.
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Then, after integration, comes anexplosiveexpansionof the culture-conquest...
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The utility of gunpowder lies in its ability to accelerate a projectile by theexplosiveexpansionof gas.
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