Hyphenation of explosion

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word explosion? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

ex-plo-sion

Definitions of explosion:

1.
A violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
2.
The act of exploding or bursting
The explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children The burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft
3.
A sudden great increase
The population explosion The information explosion
4.
The noise caused by an explosion
The explosion was heard a mile away
5.
The terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
6.
A sudden outburst
An explosion of laughter An explosion of rage
7.
A golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball

Synonyms of explosion:

noun detonation, blowup, discharge
noun burst, change of integrity
noun increase
noun noise
noun plosion, release, tone ending
noun effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition
noungolf stroke, golf shot, swing

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