Assertion: explosion | /r/HasProperty | violent release of energy
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text: As nouns the difference between explosion and deflagration is that explosion is a violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical) while deflagration is the act of deflagrating; an intense fire; a conflagration or explosion specifically, combustion that spreads subsonically via thermal conduction.
text: As nouns the difference between eruption and explosion is that eruption is a violent ejection, such as the spurting out of lava from a volcano while explosion is a violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical).