plosion
- n the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant
- Frank's widow contends that her husband was an innocent victim of the ex plosion or the target of a murder plot.
- Heikal's editorial touched off an ex plosion in the Egyptian press.
- Probable reason: no one was supposed to know that UJ-238, which can be made to fission in a thermonuclear ex plosion, was a factor in Test Mike.