| 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, blowup, burst, detonation, fulmination. See EXPLOSION. 2. The act of emerging violently from limits or restraints: eruption, outbreak, outburst. See EXPLOSION. 3. A sudden violent expression, as of emotion: access, blowup, burst, eruption, fit2, flare-up, gust, outbreak, outburst. See EXPLOSION. 4. A sudden sharp, explosive noise: bang, bark, clap, crack, pop1, rat-a-tat-tat, report, snap. See SOUNDS.
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