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explosion
1623, from Fr.
explosion,
from L.
explosionem
(nom.
explosio
), from
explodere
"drive out by clapping" (see
explode
for origin and sense evolution). Sense of "rapid increase or development" is first attested 1953.
Explosive
(n.) first attested 1874.
