Alternative form of hyperexplosion

(firefighting) An explosion of flue gases accumulated inside a burning building.

(physics) the effect of a molecule moving at high speed striking a solid; binding electrons being torn off, and the resulting charged constituents separating due to Coulomb repulsion

Designed and constructed to withstand or minimize damage from an internal or external explosion.

The explosion of a small explosive charge, either to destroy a suspect package or unexploded ordinance, or to gain access to a locked enclosure that may be booby-trapped.

plural of Sprengel explosive

Any of a class of explosives that are stoichiometric mixtures of strong oxidizers and reactive fuels, mixed just prior to use.

plural of Cambrian explosion.

plural of Cambrian explosion.

(historical, psychiatry) One of the four subtypes of sadistic personality disorder as defined by the American psychiatrist Theodore Millon. Includes features of borderline personality disorder.