explosion 
英 [ɪkˈspləʊʒən]  美 [ɛkˈsploʊʒən] 
n. 爆炸；激增；爆发

例句：
Twenty men were killed in the explosion. 

二十人在爆炸中丧生。

After the second explosion, all of London's main train and tube stations were shut down. 

第二次爆炸发生后，伦敦所有主要的火车站和地铁站都关闭了。

Three people have been killed in a bomb explosion in northwest Spain. 

三人在西班牙西北部的炸弹爆炸事件中身亡。

Bomb-disposal experts blew up the bag in a controlled explosion. 

拆弹专家对那个袋子进行了控制爆破。

France has carried out an underground nuclear explosion on Mururoa Atoll in the South Pacific. 

法国已经在南太平洋的穆鲁罗瓦环礁进行了地下核爆。