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Explosions

Sudden, violent, and often destructive expansion of gases which propagates energy outward, such as a shock wave, ejecting fragments and debris at high velocities.

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Sudden, violent, and often destructive expansion of gases which propagates energy outward, such as a shock wave, ejecting fragments and debris at high velocities.

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  • Explosion

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Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, prevention & control, statistics & numerical data.

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Explosions. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005107. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005107
  2. Explosions. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion
  3. Explosions. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q179057