The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp,etc.
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A violent gust of wind.
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An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.
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The act of fulminating or exploding; detonation.
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The act or process of inflating, or the state of being inflated, as with air or gas; distention; expansion; enlargement.
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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.
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A boiling or bubbling up of a liquid; the motion produced in a liquid by its rapid conversion into vapor.
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The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
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To issue with violence and rapidity, as a fluid; to rush forth as a fluid from confinement; to flow copiously.
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To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…
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Sound of any kind.
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A bursting forth.
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To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
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To move to and fro, as a body suspended in the air; to wave; to vibrate; to oscillate.
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To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.
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To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.
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of Split
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To close, as an aperture, by filling or by obstructing; as, to stop the ears; hence, to stanch, as a wound.
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An explosion or sudden report made by the instantaneous decomposition or combustion of unstable substances' as, the detonation of gun cotton.
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