爆炸

bào zhà · bao zha

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. explosion
  2. to explode
  3. to blow up
  4. to detonate

In a sentence

2 examples
01

一(yì)连(lián)串(chuàn)的(de)爆(bào)炸(zhà)使(shǐ)实(shí)验(yàn)室(shì)成(chéng)为(wéi)废(fèi)墟(xū)。

A series of blasts reduced the laboratory to ruins.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by orcrist · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

这(zhè)场(chǎng)爆(bào)炸(zhà)有(yǒu)可(kě)能(néng)是(shì)瓦(wǎ)斯(sī)外(wài)泄(xiè)引(yǐn)起(qǐ)的(de)。

The explosion may have been caused by a gas leak.

Tatoeba: Chinese by umidake · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

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