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Definition

noun. an enormously powerful explosion that occurred near the Podkamennaya Tunguska River in what is now Krasnoyarsk Krai Russia at about 7 a.m. on June 30 1903

Example Sentence

The Tunguska event was an enormously powerful explosion.

Synonyms

Tunguska blast; Tunguska explosion; explosion in Russia

Antonyms

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