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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction [syn: explosion, detonation, blowup]
2: an unrestrained expression of emotion [syn: effusion, gush, outburst, blowup, ebullition]
3: a photographic print that has been enlarged [syn: enlargement, blowup, magnification]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1757 a blowing up: as a. explosion b. an outburst of temper c. enlargement 2

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

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Moby Thesaurus

Photostat, Xerox, Xerox copy, accelerando, acceleration, access, aggravation, backfire, bang, beefing-up, blast, blaze of temper, blowing up, blowout, blueprint, boom, burst, concentration, condensation, consolidation, contact printing, cyanotype, deepening, detonation, discharge, enhancement, enlargement, eruption, exacerbation, exaggeration, explosion, flare, flare-up, flash, fulguration, fulmination, glossy, heating-up, heightening, high words, hologram, information explosion, intensification, lantern slide, magnification, matte, microcopy, microprint, outburst, photocopy, photogravure, photostatic copy, pickup, population explosion, positive, print, projection printing, redoubling, reinforcement, report, scene, semi-matte, slide, speedup, step-up, storm, strengthening, tightening, transparency