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explosions

noun
USek-SPLOH-zhuhnz/ɛkˈsploʊ.ʒənz/UKik-SPLOH-zhuhnz/ɪkˈspləʊ.ʒənz/

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of explosion.

    Rescue teams arrived after a chain of explosions tore through the factory.

    Engineers timed the controlled explosions to bring the old bridge down safely.

    Note

    A regular -s plural that counts only what can be counted. Every meaning of explosion takes it: separate blasts, the bangs they make, sudden surges or burstings out. The uncountable use has no plural, though. When explosion names the phenomenon or the risk rather than particular events, it stays singular: the danger of explosion, not of explosions.

explosions is a form of explosion

explosion, noun: A violent release of energy, whether mechanical, chemical, or nuclear; an act or instance of exploding. Full entry

Forms
explosionexplosions plural
Spelling
explosion → explosions: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /z/.

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