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explosive decompression

Noun

Meaning

explosive decompression (countable and uncountable, plural explosive decompressions)

(aviation, medicine) A situation where the ambient air pressure suddenly drops faster than the air in the lungs can escape, creating a risk of barotrauma to the lung tissue.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

He decided to stay in his space suit; explosive decompression didn't appeal to him. Come to think about it, death from old age was his choice. Robert A. Heinlein

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