Explosion Sound Effects

The definition of an explosion sounds like this: 'An explosion is a rapid increase in volume and release of energy in an extreme manner, usually with the generation of high temperatures. And so on...' In short, an explosion is a very loud noise, created if you blow something up. On this page from the Avosound Online Sound Effects Library, we have a closer look on explosion sound effects, how to record them without loosing finger, arms or even your life.

Explosion Sounds Effects - Read this first

If you plan to record explosion sounds, keep in mind that an explosion can kill you. So, if you do not want to drastically shorten your lifetime, or you do not want to life without helpful things like fingers, hands, feet, arms or the ability to hear, ask someone who knows what he is doing and focus yourself on your recording! Avosound is not responsible for the above.mentioned losses of beloved body parts, your ability to hear, beloved humans like your husband, wife or anyone else. Explosions are dangerous and can be extremely loud. So if you are a pyrotechnic enthusiast but do not want to shorten your lifetime, we highly recommend our explosion sound effects archive with lots of great recordings with explosion sound effects, blast and detonations.

Explosion Sound Effects - An Overview

The Avosound Sound Effects Library features a large collection of explosion sound effects, blasts and detonation or different intensities and varying sizes - without bringing anyone in danger! Military equipment often provides the source of classic explosion sound effects. Shots from big cannons or guns from tanks or ships provide a good basic sound to use for explosion sound effects.

Blasts vs Explosion Sounds

When using explosion sound effects as a sound editor, we distinguish between blasts and explosions. The character of an explosion sound effect usually should be a pure explosion to underlay a secondary explosion sound to create a bigger or more intense explosion sound effect. This technique is called layering sounds. Sound effects and sound recordings of blasts are often mixed with debris, for example when blasting a building that collapses.

The Sound of Explosion

In this section we consider the pure acoustic event of an explosion without its moral or ethical intent. The original sound of an recording from an explosion often does not meet the expectations from an audience. Therefore, the sound fo an exploding bomb is usually a creation of various sounds, layered and mixed together in post production to create the impact and intense of a massive explosions.

Explosion sound effect often are recorded by extra sound recordings. For this purpose, a professional pyrotechnician uses appropriate material to create a strong and loud explosion blast to get a realistic explosion sound effect. The sound of an explosion, we want to use in cinema should be strong and loud, a sharp attack and lot's of low end. To record an explosion sound effect with all those elements in it is probably not possible, so cutting them together with different elements that combine those elements gives you the necessary size of your explosion sound effect you want. This techique is called: Layering of Sounds and you will find an article about this in the article section of the Avosound website.

Avosound Explosion Sound Effects

The Soundstorm and Sounddogs sound libraries contains a wide variety of all kind of explosion sound effects. No matter if you want to blow up a house, tower or a whole landscape, you will find the appropriate sound material (If you want to blow ap something in real life, please read the Appendix below). Explosion sound effects with a sharp attack creates the the illusion of a close an strong explosion. If you want to make it bigger, add another explosion sound effect with a 'strong body' to the sharp attack. With 'strong body' we mean a general loud explosion sound with lots of low end. And if you want to have your explosion sound more in the distance, reduce the sharp attack and add a reverberant explosion sound effect with natural echos to the track. By plain around with the sound level of two or three explosion sound effects, you can create your individual explosion sound from the size and perspective you need.

Finish Edited Explosion Sound Effects

The Avosound Online Sound Library provides you a great selection of explosion sound effects from the size and perspective you need. You will find explosion effects with debris, simple explosion sound effects from small size, explosion from black powder bombs, pipe bomb explosion sounds up to massive destruction of an atomic bomb. Also there are other syles of explosion sound effects like gas explosion. Gas explosion sounds different than powder explosion. Gas or explosion from liquids like petrol or diesel creates a fireball with a large whoosh. Also this styles of explosion sound effects can be found in the online library as finish tracks or as sound elements.

Explosion Sounds - Appendix

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Library Waveform Filename add Description info Channels Duration ShortID Category Subcategory
1 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ShotBurst_3.wav Sound Design - Shot Burst
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2.0 0:01

Explosion

Burst

2 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Detonate,Large,Double.wav Explosion: Burst Detonate Large Double
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion Burst
3 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC3E2l.wav Explosions: Heavy
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion Big
4 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot_24.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
5 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library TwoSing_BBC-Historical_C 8.wav Two Single Shots Of A Bren Gun (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:19Explosion Explosion
6 BBC Sound Effects Library Explosions.BBC.ECD18f.wav 81mm Medium Mortar, Firing Multiple High Explosive And Smoke Charges, Explosions After 0m22s. (Recorded Close To Firing End.)
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2.0 0:39Explosion Explosion
7 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot_10.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
8 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library Single_BBC-Historical_B 10.wav Single Pistol Shot - Exterior (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:23Explosion Explosion
9 Coll Anderson Sound Library EFX Bathroom Debris 04.wav Debris, Interior, Medicine Cabinet Items Fall Into Sink And Floor Of Bathroom
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion
10 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Small,Edgy,Prompt.wav Explosion: Burst Small Edgy Prompt
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2.0 0:01Explosion Explosion Burst
11 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC87Ae.wav Heavy Explosion.
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion Big
12 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ShotWDecay_2.wav Sound Design - Shot W Decay
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2.0 0:06Explosion Burst
13 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Erupting,Large,Low,Fast.wav Explosion: Burst Erupting Large Low Fast
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion Burst
14 BBC Sound Effects Library Explosions.BBC.EC3E1c.wav Explosions: Heavy, Studio Originated
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2.0 0:07Explosion Explosion Big
15 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot-_3.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
16 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Blast,Big,Swirly,Synth.wav Explosion: Burst Blast Big Swirly Synth
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Burst
17 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC3E2b.wav Explosions: Heavy
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Big
18 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot_14.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
19 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library SingleP_BBC-Historical_B 8.wav Single Pistol Shot - Interior (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:15Explosion Explosion
20 Coll Anderson Sound Library EFX Bathroom Debris 08.wav Debris, Interior, Medicine Cabinet Items Fall Into Sink And Floor Of Bathroom
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion
21 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Striking,Sizzling,Magic.wav Explosion: Burst Striking Sizzling Magic
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Burst
22 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC87Ai.wav Heavy Explosion.
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion Big
23 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Impact,Massive,Whirly.wav Explosion: Burst Impact Massive Whirly
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion Burst
24 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC3E1c.wav Explosions: Heavy, Studio Originated
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2.0 0:10Explosion Explosion Big
25 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot-_7.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
26 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Blast,Large,Rugged,Double.wav Explosion: Burst Blast Large Rugged Double
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1.0 0:04Explosion Explosion Burst
27 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC3E2f.wav Explosions: Heavy
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2.0 0:07Explosion Explosion Big
28 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot_18.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
29 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library SoundOfI_BBC-Historical_A 2.wav Sound Of Intermittent Gunfire. (From 78 Disc)
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2.0 1:53Explosion Explosion
30 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library SonicBoom,_BBC-Historical_1.wav Sonic Boom, Hawker Hunter Passing Through Sound Barrier On Power Drive. (Jetfighter, C.1952.)
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2.0 0:15Explosion Sonic Boom
31 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ProcessedLightn.wav Sound Design - Processed Lightning And Explosion Component - C U - Gated Reverb And Basic Eventide Warp, Eight Seperate Examples
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2.0 0:07Explosion Explosion Thunder
32 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library HeavyEx_BBC-Historical_A 8.wav Heavy Explosions With Falling Debris (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:16Explosion Explosion Big
33 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Rusty,Large,Deccelerate.wav Explosion: Burst Rusty Large Deccelerate
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Burst
34 BBC Sound Effects Library Explosions.BBC.ECD18a.wav Gelignite, Two 8oz Sticks Explode At 20 Feet.
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion
35 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ShotBurst_1.wav Sound Design - Shot Burst
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2.0 0:01Explosion Burst
36 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Blowout,Low,Rough,Short.wav Explosion: Burst Blowout Low Rough Short
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion Burst
37 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC3E2j.wav Explosions: Heavy
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2.0 0:22Explosion Explosion Big
38 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot_22.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
39 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library TwoShor_BBC-Historical_C 6.wav Two Short Rapid Bursts Of A Bren Gun (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:11Explosion Explosion Burst
40 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library SonicBoom,_BBC-Historical_6.wav Sonic Boom, Single Distant Boom As English Electric Lightning Passes Throughsound Barrier. (Jet
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2.0 0:12Explosion Sonic Boom
41 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ProcessedShot_3.wav Sound Design - Processed Shotgun Blast Explosion Component
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2.0 0:01Explosion Explosion Shotgun
42 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library ShortB_BBC-Historical_C 10.wav Short Burst Of A Bren Gun Which Jams, Then Further Short Burst (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:20Explosion Explosion Burst
43 Coll Anderson Sound Library EFX Bathroom Debris 01.wav Debris, Interior, Medicine Cabinet Items Fall Into Sink And Floor Of Bathroom
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2.0 0:02Explosion Explosion
44 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Sharp,Fast,Rumble,Swell.wav Explosion: Burst Sharp Fast Rumble Swell
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2.0 0:01Explosion Explosion Burst
45 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC87Ac.wav Heavy Explosion.
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Big
46 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ShotBurst.wav Sound Design - Shot Burst
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2.0 0:01Explosion Burst
47 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Discharge,Big,Resonate.wav Explosion: Burst Discharge Big Resonate
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Burst
48 BBC Sound Effects Library Explosions.BBC.EC3E1a.wav Explosions: Heavy, Studio Originated
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2.0 0:12Explosion Explosion Big
49 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot-_1.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
50 BBC Sound Effects Library Explosions.BBC.ECD71c.wav Warfare, World War II: Light Spasmodic Bangs (smoke Bombs) - Suitable For Old Type Rifle Fire (reprocessed)
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2.0 0:41Explosion Explosion Bomb
51 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library Antique_BBC-Historical_C 4.wav Antique Cannon Firing In Heavy Battle (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:49Explosion Explosion Big
52 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot_12.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:02Explosion Science Fiction Zap
53 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library Single_BBC-Historical_B 11.wav Single Pistol Shot - Fired Through Glass (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:26Explosion Explosion
54 Coll Anderson Sound Library EFX Bathroom Debris 06.wav Debris, Interior, Medicine Cabinet Items Fall Into Sink And Floor Of Bathroom
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion
55 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Small,Sharp,Fast,Punchy.wav Explosion: Burst Small Sharp Fast Punchy
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2.0 0:01Explosion Explosion Burst
56 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC87Ag.wav Heavy Explosion.
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2.0 0:04Explosion Explosion Big
57 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ShotWDecay.wav Sound Design - Shot W Decay
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2.0 0:05Explosion Burst
58 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Explosive,Large,Rough.wav Explosion: Burst Explosive Large Rough
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2.0 0:08Explosion Explosion Burst
59 BBC Sound Effects Library Explosions.BBC.EC3E1e.wav Explosions: Heavy, Studio Originated
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2.0 0:08Explosion Explosion Big
60 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot-_5.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
61 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Blast,Large,Crashing,Wave.wav Explosion: Burst Blast Large Crashing Wave
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1.0 0:07Explosion Explosion Burst
62 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC3E2d.wav Explosions: Heavy
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Big
63 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot_16.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
64 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library SoundOf_BBC-Historical_A 6.wav Sound Of Heavy Gunfire (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 4:06Explosion Explosion Big
65 Coll Anderson Sound Library EFX Bathroom Debris 11.wav Debris, Interior, Medicine Cabinet Items Fall Into Sink And Floor Of Bathroom
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion
66 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC87Ak.wav Heavy Explosion.
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2.0 0:18Explosion Explosion Big
67 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Raspy,Lazy,Large,Low.wav Explosion: Burst Raspy Lazy Large Low
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2.0 0:08Explosion Explosion Burst
68 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsPetrol.BBC.EC3E1.wav Explosions: Petrol Ignites And Burns
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion
69 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot-_9.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
70 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Blast,Ruffled,Resonnant.wav Explosion: Burst Blast Ruffled Resonnant
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2.0 0:07Explosion Explosion Burst
71 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC3E2h.wav Explosions: Heavy
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Big
72 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot_20.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
73 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library Sounds_BBC-Historical_A 10.wav Sounds Of Two Guns Firing (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:28Explosion Explosion
74 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library SonicBoom,_BBC-Historical_3.wav Sonic Boom, Single Boom As English Electric Lightning Passes Through Sound Barrier. (Jetfighter
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2.0 0:08Explosion Sonic Boom
75 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ProcessedShot_1.wav Sound Design - Processed Shotgun Blast Explosion Component
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2.0 0:02Explosion Explosion Shotgun
76 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library RapidRi_BBC-Historical_A 4.wav Rapid Rifle Fire (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:53Explosion Explosion
77 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Sharp,Fast,Double,Whip.wav Explosion: Burst Sharp Fast Double Whip
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2.0 0:01Explosion Explosion Burst
78 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC87Aa.wav Heavy Explosion.
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Big
79 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlast_15.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - Close-Up - Gusting Blast Of Air Followed By Light Rebounds, Very Hollow
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1.0 0:03Explosion Explosion Ceramic
80 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Boom,Echo,Big.wav Explosion: Explosion Boom Echo Big
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2.0 0:04Explosion Explosion Big
81 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-PipePVCBo_1.wav Explosions - Bomb - Pipe PVC Bomb - Small And Sharp - Channel 01 L And 02 R
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2.0 0:11Explosion Explosion Bomb
82 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-BlackPowd_4.wav Explosions - Bomb - Black Powder - Sharp - Debris @ End, Good Concussion Statement, Nice Reverb - Channel 01 L And 02 R
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Bomb
83 SoundStorm Library Explosions-ShortExplosions-.wav Explosions -Short Explosions - MCU - Two Takes, Solid, Fiery
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2.0 0:08Explosion Explosion
84 Sonopedia MolotovCocktail_S08WA.1394.wav Warfare, Molotov, Cocktail, Glass, Fireball, Explosion, Fire
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion
85 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Fireworks-CU-F_1.wav Explosions - Fireworks - CU - Firecracker Explosion
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2.0 0:02Explosion Explosion
86 Sounddogs Sound Library Satlpeter,Burst,Smooth.wav Explosion: Salpeter Burst Smooth
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion Burst
87 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlastBlo.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - Close-Up - Deep Airy Whirring, Soft
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1.0 0:04Explosion Explosion Ceramic
88 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Huge,Roar,Rumble.wav Explosion: Explosion Huge Roar Rumble
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion
89 SoundStorm Library Explosions-VariousLargeExpl.wav Explosions - Various Large Explosions - C U - Low, Reverberant Explosions, Various Pitches And Lengths, Soft Attack
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2.0 0:31Explosion Explosion
90 Sounddogs Sound Library Bursts,Sharp,Sparks,Intense.wav Explosion: Bursts Sharp Sparks Intense
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2.0 0:18Explosion Explosion Burst
91 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-PipeBomb_28.wav Explosions - Bomb - Pipe Bomb - Small - Short, Good Definition For Distant Attack - Channel 01 LS And 02 RS
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2.0 0:10Explosion Explosion Bomb
92 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Blasts-MediumD_1.wav Explosions - Blasts - Medium Distant, Big Explosions With Long Decay Last Explosion Weird
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2.0 1:04Explosion Explosion Big
93 SoundStorm Library Explosions-MiscellaneousE_7.wav Explosions - Miscellaneous Explosions - Processed Explosion - CU - Harsh Grinding Blast, Similar To Processed Water Flush
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2.0 0:08Explosion Explosion Water
94 Sonopedia GrenadeExplosion_S08WA.218.wav Warfare, Grenade, Explosion
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2.0 0:02Explosion Explosion
95 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Explosion-CU-Med.wav Explosions - Explosion - C U - Medium Large W Echoey Decay
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion
96 Sounddogs Sound Library Satlpeter,Burst,Double,Fizzle.wav Explosion: Salpeter Burst Double Fizzle
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion Burst
97 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlastB_3.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - Close-Up - Hollow Airy Whirring, Soft And Very Short
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1.0 0:02Explosion Explosion Ceramic
98 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Doppler,Huge6.wav Explosion: Explosion Doppler Huge
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion Doppler
99 SoundStorm Library Explosions-BombSweetener-_6.wav Explosions - Bomb Sweetener - Distant - Large, Dull For Battle, Explosion Or Large Fireworks
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Bomb
100 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-PipeBomb_14.wav Explosions - Bomb - Pipe Bomb - Big And Sharp Duel Explosion - Channel 01 LS And 02 RS
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2.0 0:12Explosion Explosion Bomb