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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event go
an event that happens

discharge go
the sudden giving off of energy

explosion, detonation, blowup
a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction

noun.event

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airburst go
an explosion in the atmosphere
blast go
an explosion (as of dynamite)
backfire go
a loud noise made by the explosion of fuel in the manifold or exhaust of an internal combustion engine
big bang go
(cosmology) the cosmic explosion that is hypothesized to have marked the origin of the universe
backfire, blowback go
the backward escape of gases and unburned gunpowder after a gun is fired
fragmentation go
the scattering of bomb fragments after the bomb explodes
inflation go
(cosmology) a brief exponential expansion of the universe (faster than the speed of light) postulated to have occurred shortly after the big bang