| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves: blast, blowout, burst, detonation, explosion, fulmination. See EXPLOSION. 2. A sudden violent expression, as of emotion: access, burst, eruption, explosion, fit2, flare-up, gust, outbreak, outburst. See EXPLOSION.
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