explosion

noun
ex*plo*sion \ ik-ˈsplō-zhən \
1681{ds||1||}
  • the act or an instance of exploding
  • a large-scale, rapid, or spectacular expansion or bursting out or forth
  • the release of occluded breath that occurs in one kind of articulation of stop consonants

population explosion

noun
population explosion \
1903
  • a pyramiding of numbers of a biological population; especially : the recent great increase in human numbers resulting from increased survival and exponential population growth
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