See explosion in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"word": "implosion"
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"word": "bacon explosion"
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"word": "like an explosion in a paint factory"
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"etymology_text": "From French explosion, from Latin explōsiōnis, genitive form of explōsio, from explōdo (“I drive out by clapping”), from ex- and plōdo (“I clap or strike”). For more information see explode.",
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"word": "explode"
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"ref": "1913, Mining and Engineering World, page 171:",
"text": "A man was injured by an explosion caused by drilling into a missed shot at the Mendota mine above Silver Plume, Colo.",
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[
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"code": "af",
"lang": "Afrikaans",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ontploffing"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
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"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "shpërthim"
},
{
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"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "اِنْفِجَار"
},
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],
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},
{
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"roman": "infigār",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "انفجار"
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{
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"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "paytʻyun",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "պայթյուն"
},
{
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"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "partlayış"
},
{
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"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "leherketa"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "výbux",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "вы́бух"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "bn",
"lang": "Bengali",
"roman": "biśphōron",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "বিস্ফোরণ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vzriv",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "взрив"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "eksplózija",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "експло́зия"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "paukkwai:hmu.",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ပေါက်ကွဲမှု"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "explosió"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "eqqiı̇tar",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "эккхийтар"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ce",
"lang": "Chechen",
"roman": "eqqar",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "эккхар"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàozhà",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "爆炸"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "爆發"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bàofā",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "爆发"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výbuch"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "explosie"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ovd",
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"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
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},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "eksplodo"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "plahvatus"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "fo",
"lang": "Faroese",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "spreinging"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "räjähdys"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "explosión"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "apetkeba",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "აფეთქება"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Explosion"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ékrixi",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "έκρηξη"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "ékrēxis",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ἔκρηξις"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "pitsúts",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "פִּיצוּץ"
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"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "visphoṭ",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "विस्फोट"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "robbanás"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "sprenging"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "explozo"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ledakan"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "letupan"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "eksplosi"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pléasc"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "esplosione"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scoppio"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"alt": "ばくはつ bakuhatsu",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "爆発"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
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"lang": "Kalmyk",
"roman": "xağrlğn",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "хаһрлһн"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "pam",
"lang": "Kapampangan",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "akbung"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "qoparylys",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "қопарылыс"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "jarylys",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "жарылыс"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "kaa phtuh",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ការផ្ទុះ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"alt": "爆發",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "pokbal",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "폭발"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ckb",
"lang": "Central Kurdish",
"roman": "teqandin",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "تەقاندن"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "kmr",
"lang": "Northern Kurdish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "teqîn"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jarılış",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "жарылыш"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ky",
"lang": "Kyrgyz",
"roman": "jarıluu",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "жарылуу"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "lo",
"lang": "Lao",
"roman": "kān la bœ̄t",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ການລະເບີດ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "displosio"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "diruptio"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sprādziens"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "lt",
"lang": "Lithuanian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "sprogimas"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "lt",
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"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eksplozija"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "lb",
"lang": "Luxembourgish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Explosioun"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "eksplozija",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "експлозија"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "letupan"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ms",
"lang": "Malay",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ledakan"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "sphōṭanaṁ",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "സ്ഫോടനം"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ml",
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"roman": "poṭṭitteṟi",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "പൊട്ടിത്തെറി"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "mi",
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"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "papātanga"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "pakūtanga"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "sphoṭ",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "स्फोट"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "tesrelt",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "тэсрэлт"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
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"roman": "delberelt",
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],
"word": "дэлбэрэлт"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "se",
"lang": "Northern Sami",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "bávkkiheapmi"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eksplosjon"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
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"word": "eksplosjon"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ps",
"lang": "Pashto",
"roman": "enfejār",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "انفجار"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "enfejâr",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "اِنْفِجار"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "tarkeš",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ترکش"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wybuch"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "eksplozja"
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{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "explosão"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "dhamākā",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਧਮਾਕਾ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "visphoṭ",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ਵਿਸਫੋਟ"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "explozie"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzryv",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "взрыв"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ѐкспло̄зија"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "èksplōzija"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výbuch"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eksplozija"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eksplozija"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "explosión"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "mlipuko"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "explosion"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "pagsabog"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tarkiš",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "таркиш"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tarkidan",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "таркидан"
},
{
"_dis1": "92 0 8",
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ਵਿਸਫੋਟ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "explozie"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzryv",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "взрыв"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ѐкспло̄зија"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "èksplōzija"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "výbuch"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eksplozija"
},
{
"code": "dsb",
"lang": "Lower Sorbian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "eksplozija"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "explosión"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "mlipuko"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "explosion"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "pagsabog"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tarkiš",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "таркиш"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "tarkidan",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "таркидан"
},
{
"code": "tg",
"lang": "Tajik",
"roman": "infijor",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "инфиҷор"
},
{
"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "pēluḍu",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "పేలుడు"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "gaan-rá-bə̀ət",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "การระเบิด"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "pai-gaan-rá-bə̀ət",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ภัยการระเบิด"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "patlama"
},
{
"code": "tk",
"lang": "Turkmen",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "ýarylma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "výbux",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́бух"
},
{
"code": "ur",
"lang": "Urdu",
"roman": "dhamāka",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "دَھماکَہ"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "partilash",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "پارتىلاش"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "portlash"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"word": "nổ"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "tanchwa"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "ffrwydrad"
},
{
"code": "fy",
"lang": "West Frisian",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "ûntploffing"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "oyfrays",
"sense": "violent release of energy",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "אויפֿרײַס"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"word": "räjähdys"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estouro"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "detonación"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "estoupido"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "anatínaxi",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ανατίναξη"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "pléasc"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "scoppio"
},
{
"alt": "ばくはつおん bakuhatsuon",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"word": "爆発音"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"word": "rengapapā"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ṭhāh",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਠਾਹ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"word": "detunătură"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vzryv",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"word": "взрыв"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "sound of an explosion",
"word": "mlipuko"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out",
"word": "räjähdys"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out",
"word": "räjähtäminen"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eksplosjon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eksplosjon"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out",
"word": "gwałtowny wzrost"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "sudden increase, expansion, or bursting out",
"word": "mlipuko"
}
],
"word": "explosion"
}
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