Etymology

microexplosion

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Today it means: An extremely small-scale explosion. Full definition →

English explosion ← French explosion ← Latin explosiōnem
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  1. Englishmicro-
  2. Latinexplosiō
  3. Latinexplosiōnem
  4. Frenchexplosion
  5. Englishexplosion
  6. English todaymicroexplosion

From micro- + explosion.

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