noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bomb blast/explosion
▪ The restaurant was destroyed in a massive bomb blast.
a population explosion/boom (=when the population increases quickly and by a large amount)
▪ What will be the long-term effects of this population explosion?
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
▪ First came a humming, then a big explosion, and my hearing went.
▪ Stupidly, I tried to throw it on the fire and caused a big fireball explosion that singed my arms and face.
▪ It was the second big explosion there in a year.
combinatorial
▪ Both systems were faced with a combinatorial explosion of partial solutions since the input data matched very many rules or partial descriptions.
▪ These create a combinatorial explosion of possible genotypes on which natural selection acts.
▪ They reduce the average branching factor and hence the potential combinatorial explosion of paths through the graph.
▪ This produces a considerable combinatorial explosion, making processing beyond the first level somewhat impractical.
▪ This can help provide more domain-specific definitions, and reduce the combinatorial explosion produced by expanding definitions beyond the first level.
▪ What is required therefore is a method of compressing these definitions so that this combinatorial explosion is reduced.
▪ We shall now look at ways of reducing the potential combinatorial explosion of breadth-first search. 9.2.
▪ This reduces the combinatorial explosion and decreases the potential for spurious overlaps through the co-incidence of alternative word senses.
controlled
▪ Local residents were evacuated in case there needed to be a controlled explosion.
▪ The hoax devices were destroyed in controlled explosions by army bomb disposal experts, using remote-controlled vehicles.
▪ After a series of controlled explosions, the van was removed from the scene early yesterday.
▪ The station area was evacuated while the controlled explosion was carried out.
▪ The device was removed from the shop and detonated in a controlled explosion.
▪ The army carried out a controlled explosion on the car but it was found to contain no explosives.
▪ The heat released in this reaction, which is like a controlled hydrogen bomb explosion, is what makes the star shine.
▪ The bomb disposal unit destroyed the bomb with a controlled explosion.
huge
▪ In 1873 much of the mill was destroyed by a huge boiler explosion.
▪ In the evening, gunfire and huge explosions erupted along the former front line, but no further injuries were reported.
▪ There was, he had told Mr Malik, a huge explosion planned for 16.00 hours.
▪ A huge explosion drowned the enemy fire and Killion caught a glimpse of a burning bomber slowly sliding along on its nose.
▪ Two workers were slightly hurt in a huge explosion and fire at the Conoco oil refinery at Immingham on the Humber estuary.
large
▪ Films taken by a submersible robot established that the ship had sunk as a result of a large explosion.
▪ Loss of atmospheric gases and impactor materials to space becomes even more important for larger explosions.
▪ All large explosions are safely out at sea.
▪ And high temperatures automatically followed, since the whole process was nothing more than a large explosion, albeit a controlled one.
loud
▪ There was a loud explosion and the flames roared fiercer.
▪ Three of my men entered the woods, and we heard an ex-tremely loud explosion.
▪ I heard a loud explosion just to my left.
▪ This time, I was up on the wooded area myself, and we heard a loud explosion behind us.
▪ I had gone a few paces when there was a loud crashing explosion behind me.
▪ The frequency of published reports has actually declined since 1960 because people tend to dismiss loud explosions as merely military sonic booms.
▪ I had been playing for about five minutes when there was a very loud explosion very close at hand.
▪ The utter silence fell like a loud explosion.
massive
▪ The impact had caused a massive explosion which had ravaged the planet.
▪ Witnesses reported at least one massive explosion, which rocked houses up to a quarter of a mile away.
▪ A massive explosion occurred during testing at Tobolsk on the same pipeline in October.
nuclear
▪ On Aug. 29 Nazarbayev closed the nuclear testing site at Semipalatinsk where over 500 nuclear explosions had been carried out since 1949.
▪ Setting off his first nuclear explosion was fun.
▪ The nearby Trinity Site is where the first nuclear explosion took place.
▪ Even modest-sized nuclear explosions can have effects detectable over intercontinental distances.
▪ Strangely, as they soar ever upwards, the balloons take on a mushroom-shape as if there's been a nuclear explosion beneath.
▪ You could have what they call a radiological weapon that would not have a nuclear explosion.
▪ Accidental nuclear explosions can not occur; the bombs are designed so they can not be exploded by any chance event.
▪ We would call this a one-kiloton nuclear explosion.
small
▪ A patrol in the city centre was crossing a road when a small explosion occurred near a fence-post.
▪ It was a very small explosion, but it reverberated loudly and quickly across Washington.
▪ I kept hearing these small explosions and I wondered what could possibly be the cause.
▪ Another, smaller explosion at the row of ATMs did less damage.
▪ There have been smaller explosions in recent years, such as 1975, 1987, 1994 and 1998.
▪ There was a small explosion in the nitrogen cooling tanks.
▪ He says that they carried weapons of a kind which fire by creating a small explosion.
▪ However, ice buried meters deep may be excavated at any time by a small impact explosion.
sudden
▪ Then there would be the sudden explosions of violence late at night after the men had been drinking.
▪ I want... fireworks: a sudden explosion!
▪ But as the plane climbed in a steep curve above the Sussex countryside it was rocked by a sudden explosion.
▪ He had nearly reached the landing when he felt a sudden and violent explosion in his head.
▪ A sudden explosion of brightness lit up the whole sky.
▪ Against the darkened portion of the asteroid there was a sudden, dazzling explosion of light.
▪ It's time to open the presents - A sudden explosion of glass made him jump.
tremendous
▪ On November 13, 1932, four tremendous explosions blew out the entrances and exits of the two Arizona tunnels.
▪ Hundreds reported that it fell to earth north of them, and a tremendous explosion ensued.
▪ I heard a large whoosh and a tremendous explosion right in front of me.
▪ With a tremendous explosion, the guts of the carrier are torn out.
▪ Instantly, there was a tremendous explosion.
▪ They climbed to safety, and a moment later a tremendous explosion rocked the gorge.
violent
▪ This caused a violent explosion resulting in extensive damage.
▪ He had nearly reached the landing when he felt a sudden and violent explosion in his head.
▪ As a result, violent explosions rocked the vessel and led to its abandonment within an hour of the attack.
▪ Calderas created by violent explosions can be of enormous size.
▪ That prevented a potentially violent political explosion.
▪ Fearing a more violent explosion of disagreement, pride in not wanting to be the first to make a move.
▪ It is commonly said that tsunamis are usually triggered by earthquakes or violent volcanic explosions.
▪ According to these learned fellows, the universe began with a violent explosion.
■ NOUN
bomb
▪ Mr. Bowis My right hon. and learned Friend will recall the bomb explosion a month ago on the track in my constituency.
▪ For comparison, the atomic bomb explosions that devastated Hiroshima and Nagasaki were about 20 kilotons each.
▪ A bomb explosion aboard a ferry south of Trincomalee on Sept. 10 killed 24 soldiers and 15 civilians.
▪ The heat released in this reaction, which is like a controlled hydrogen bomb explosion, is what makes the star shine.
▪ Three people were reported killed and three injured in bomb explosions in the capital Santo Domingo on Sept. 23.
▪ The bomb explosion during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics seems to have been pivotal.
▪ In Johannesburg two men died in overnight bomb explosions at the city's main railway station.
▪ On Aug. 22 Abdullah stated that there had been 170 bomb explosions in the state in the previous 12 months.
gas
▪ Coal gas production became involved with safe gas explosions.
▪ A natural gas explosion that killed three and injured more than 20 others in 1992 has made the community particularly wary.
▪ Ronan Point, a 22-storey block in East London, crumbled like a pack of cards after a gas explosion in 1968.
▪ There had been a gas explosion and there were several casualties.
population
▪ Pressures on carers will increase as Britain faces a population explosion among the most vulnerable elderly people.
▪ It could be a major factor is reversing the deadly momentum of the population explosion.
▪ He cites in support of this the population explosion.
▪ Mention procreation, and they talk about the population explosion.
▪ Pettitt sees urban services in particular offering vast scope for expansion as city fathers wake up to the dangers from the car population explosion.
▪ As the summer reaches its peak, there will be a population explosion of butterflies.
▪ Living with a partner, 6. Population explosion, 7.
▪ But nomatterhow hard they are worked the population explosion continues.
■ VERB
cause
▪ The objectors said radio waves from the latter could cause explosions in the plant.
▪ Stupidly, I tried to throw it on the fire and caused a big fireball explosion that singed my arms and face.
▪ They have also pleaded not guilty to causing the explosion and possessing explosives with intent to endanger life.
▪ Black powder was used in the pipe bomb that caused the explosion, Daschle said.
▪ The impact had caused a massive explosion which had ravaged the planet.
▪ Twenty years ago we would have turned up the sound, wondering what caused the explosion.
▪ A man and a woman were charged on April 15 with conspiracy to cause explosions and with possession of explosives and arms.
▪ Which House aides said it might take several days to reach a conclusion about what caused the explosion.
control
▪ A controlled explosion was carried out at 12.30am.
▪ It was later destroyed in a controlled explosion.
▪ This is very much like a controlled, continuous explosion taking place.
▪ Police carried out several controlled explosions of suspect packages at the site.
create
▪ Calderas created by violent explosions can be of enormous size.
▪ These create a combinatorial explosion of possible genotypes on which natural selection acts.
▪ He says that they carried weapons of a kind which fire by creating a small explosion.
destroy
▪ The hoax devices were destroyed in controlled explosions by army bomb disposal experts, using remote-controlled vehicles.
▪ Two nearby cars were destroyed in the explosion.
▪ All four devices, destroyed by controlled explosions, were harmless.
▪ It was later destroyed in a controlled explosion.
die
▪ Richard Penzer, whose sister Judy died in the explosion, said he felt better after talking to the president.
▪ Then it crashed to the ground and died, no explosions, no flames reaching to the sky.
▪ One hundred sixty people died today in the explosion of a jet on takeoff from Djakarta.
▪ Six bystanders also died in the explosion.
follow
▪ All this came to an abrupt end following an explosion on one of his sites.
▪ During the flurry of action that followed the explosion of the mine, the bombardment of the city had continued.
▪ There followed an explosion, and another a few seconds later.
▪ There was an unnatural silence, like the uncanny hush immediately following an explosion.
▪ In 1985, a girl suffered serious burns following an explosion in a house 50 metres from a landfill in North Yorkshire.
hear
▪ Fishermen reported hearing the explosion and bits of debris were washed up for months afterwards.
▪ These witnesses had heard an explosion and seen a column of smoke rise from behind a range of hills in Soviet territory.
▪ I heard a loud explosion just to my left.
▪ This time, I was up on the wooded area myself, and we heard a loud explosion behind us.
▪ Edouard was in the car, on the far side of the square, when he heard the explosion.
▪ I started to circle the smoke and flames below us when we heard explosions.
▪ He reported hearing a second explosion.
▪ I remember hearing the explosion from my back door.
injure
▪ Three people were reported killed and three injured in bomb explosions in the capital Santo Domingo on Sept. 23.
▪ Twenty-one people were killed and 167 injured in the explosions at two Birmingham city centre pubs in 1974.
▪ Fourteen people injured in the explosions were still being treated at Warrington general hospital yesterday.
▪ Two Commercial Union building maintenance men and one security guard were injured in the explosion.
kill
▪ More than 2,000 people have been killed in pipeline explosions in the past two years.
▪ Dad got killed in a mine explosion.
▪ Thirty-four passengers were killed in the explosion that followed.
▪ Three young soldiers were killed instantly when an explosion inside the reactor forced it literally through the roof of its housing.
▪ Two men were killed in Monday's explosion at Castleford, Yorks, and three are still seriously ill in hospital.
▪ Scrutton, 38, was killed in the explosion.
▪ Between 1839 and 1845, 224 men and boys were killed by explosions.
lead
▪ Liquid alcohol used to warm food can be toxic and improper handling can lead to an explosion.
▪ Whatever the reason, the expansion has led to an explosion of interest.
▪ This is the first stage of a nuclear reaction which can lead to an explosion.
▪ In others, unsatisfactory political or economic conditions have led to an explosion of protest behavior and political violence against the regime.
▪ If it is too long it could lead to an explosion of potential interpretations.
produce
▪ Catastrophic fragmentation Catastrophic fragmentation is a likely means of producing an atmospheric explosion of a bolide.
▪ This tiny rock carries enough kinetic energy to produce an explosion equivalent to several thousand tons of high explosives.
▪ This produces a considerable combinatorial explosion, making processing beyond the first level somewhat impractical.
set
▪ The stage therefore seems set for an explosion of counselling.
▪ Now imagine 5 billion people, the entire population of Earth, each setting off a 24ton explosion at the same time.
▪ The scene was now set for the final explosion.
▪ A short-circuit set off an explosion in the high-pressure chamber, a fire brigade official said.
▪ They had been deliberately set to defer the explosions.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a violent storm/earthquake/explosion etc
▪ According to these learned fellows, the universe began with a violent explosion.
▪ During a violent storm it broke away and drifted westwards until it hit land on the barren headland of San Quentin.
▪ Passing beneath it, Crevecoeur was reminded of a violent storm of hail beating upon his head.
▪ The second is part of the river Indus, which was diverted after a violent earthquake in 1819.
▪ The slaves gathered on August 30, 1800, but disbanded because a violent storm and flood made military operations impossible.
▪ This caused a violent explosion resulting in extensive damage.
▪ Travelling home one night in a violent storm, Polly was struck by lightning and had to be destroyed.
▪ Within minutes the brown patch of sky enveloped me, as a violent storm swept across the dunes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a nuclear explosion
▪ An explosion of conflict last month left at least six people dead in the town.
▪ an explosion of laughter
▪ Murray was killed instantly by the explosion.
▪ No-one can say where the amazing explosion of digital services will take us.
▪ Officials insist the case is unrelated to the explosion in homicide rates among teenagers.
▪ Rabbits and ducks have been contributing to a population explosion in the park.
▪ The company cannot meet demand, and has seen an explosion of customer complaints.
▪ The noise of the explosion could be heard all over the city.
▪ These people are full of hope. An economic explosion is underway in their country.
▪ We live in the century of population explosion, with the world's population doubling at least every 25 years.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A massive explosion occurred during testing at Tobolsk on the same pipeline in October.
▪ All large explosions are safely out at sea.
▪ Another, smaller explosion at the row of ATMs did less damage.
▪ Even modest-sized nuclear explosions can have effects detectable over intercontinental distances.
▪ Pressures on carers will increase as Britain faces a population explosion among the most vulnerable elderly people.
▪ The explosion rivalled Vesuvius, Pelee and others of the historical era.
▪ The change in instrumentation thus touched off an explosion of information.
▪ When some one or something stops them from getting their own way, their frustration can build up to explosion point.