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-ProcessedLig_41.wav Sound Design - Processed Lightning And Explosion Component W Reverse Rumble - C U - Gated Reverb And Basic Eventide Warp, Heavily Processed Crack And Thunder Rumble
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2.0 0:08

Explosion

Explosion Thunder

2 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Big,Rumble,Echo.wav Explosion: Explosion Big Rumble Echo
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Big
3 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Blast,Sharp,Spin,Twist.wav Explosion: Burst Blast Sharp Spin Twist
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2.0 0:07Explosion Explosion Burst
4 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Doppler,Huge3.wav Explosion: Explosion Doppler Huge
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Doppler
5 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Rumble,Build,Erupt1.wav Explosion: Explosion Rumble Build Erupt
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2.0 0:35Explosion Explosion
6 Sounddogs Sound Library Rumble,Volcano,Crackle,Dist.wav Explosion: Rumble Volcano Crackle Dist
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2.0 0:35Explosion Explosion
7 Sonopedia ExplosionBlast_S08WA.116.wav Warfare, Explosion, Blast, Large, Demolition, Blast, Trail, Off, Military
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2.0 0:10Explosion Explosion
8 SoundStorm Library Explosions-BlastsWIthReverb.wav Explosions - Blasts WIth Reverb - Medium Distant - Medium Large Blast With Long Tail Out
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2.0 0:42Explosion Explosion
9 Sonopedia ExplosionsDistant_S08WA.150.wav Warfare, Explosions, Distant, Military, Ambience, Battlefield, War, Loop, Military
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2.0 2:18Explosion Explosion
10 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-CarExplos_3.wav Explosions - Bomb - Car Explosions - Bomb Cocktail - Channel 01 L And 02 R
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2.0 0:12Explosion Explosion Bomb
11 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
12 SoundStorm Library Explosions-ArtilleryShellLa.wav Explosions - Artillery Shell Launch And Explode - Distant To C U - Launch, Whiz By And Explode W Debris
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2.0 0:14Explosion Explosion
13 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-PipeBomb-_4.wav Explosions - Bomb - Pipe Bomb - Big - Reverberant - Channel 01 L And 02 R
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion Bomb
14 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ShotWDecay_2.wav Sound Design - Shot W Decay
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2.0 0:06Explosion Burst
15 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-Primacord-L.wav Explosions - Bomb - Primacord - Large - Channel 01 L And 02 R
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion Bomb
16 SoundStorm Library Explosions-DebrisOrWaterSpr.wav Explosions - Debris Or Water Spray After Explosion - MCU - Like Rain, Medium Short, Good For Mortar
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1.0 0:39Explosion Explosion Water
17 SoundStorm Library Explosions-FlashPowderBomb-.wav Explosions - Flash Powder Bomb - Whomp And Debris Hit Sweetener
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1.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Bomb
18 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
19 SoundStorm Library Explosions-MetalExplodingCr.wav Explosions - Metal Exploding Crash - C U - Metal Shattering, Crashing, Tear With Movement Within Decay, Short, Flames Crackle
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion
20 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlast_24.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - Close-Up - Gusting Blast Of Air Followed By Incrementally Lighter Bursts, Very Hollow
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1.0 0:02Explosion Explosion Ceramic
21 SoundStorm Library Explosions-SonicBoom.wav Explosions - Sonic Boom
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2.0 0:23Explosion Sonic Boom
22 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC3E2e.wav Explosions: Heavy
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Big
23 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ProcessedExplos.wav Sound Design - Processed Explosive Whooshes - Flanged And Reverbed, Effects Device Overloads, Deep And Bassy
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2.0 1:14Explosion Explosions
24 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC87Al.wav Heavy Explosion.
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Big
25 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-CarExplo_18.wav Explosions - Bomb - Car Explosion - Metalic Edge - Vehicle Parts Fly, Debris @ End, Nice - Channel 01 LS And 02 RS
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion Bomb
26 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ProcessedLightn.wav Sound Design - Processed Lightning And Explosion Component
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2.0 0:07Explosion Explosion Thunder
27 SoundStorm Library Explosions-ArtilleryShell_5.wav Explosions - Artillery Shell Explode - C U - Explode W Debris
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2.0 0:15Explosion Explosion
28 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-PipeBomb_29.wav Explosions - Bomb - Pipe Bomb - Small - Short, Good Definition For Distant Attack - Channel 01 L And 02 R
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2.0 0:10Explosion Explosion Bomb
29 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ShotBurst_2.wav Sound Design - Shot Burst
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2.0 0:01Explosion Burst
30 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-Primacord_6.wav Explosions - Bomb - Primacord - Large - Channel 01 L And 02 R
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion Bomb
31 SoundStorm Library Explosions-CarCrashThroughW.wav Explosions - Car Crash Through Window Facade - C U - Lots Of Glass and Debris
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1.0 0:16Explosion Explosion
32 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Fireworks-CU-Fir.wav Explosions - Fireworks - CU - Firecracker Explosion
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion
33 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Various-MediumCU.wav Explosions - Various - Medium C U Perspective, Several Examples, The First Of Which Sound Similar To Large Water Splashes, The Last Sound More Like Cannon Or Large Artillery Fire
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2.0 0:18Explosion Explosion Water
34 SoundStorm Library Explosions-MediumLargeExplo.wav Explosions - Medium Large Explosions - C U - Various Sharp Explosions, Rumbling. Large, REverberant, Some W Debris, Whizzing Impacts
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2.0 2:14Explosion Explosion
35 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlast_21.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - CU - Fast, Hard Gust Of Air Followed By Smaller And Lighter Bursts
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1.0 0:02Explosion Explosion Ceramic
36 SoundStorm Library Explosions-SmallElectricalE.wav Explosions - Small Electrical Explosions - C U - Abrupt, Metallic Whomps, Some Reverberation
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2.0 0:08Explosion Explosion
37 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
38 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlastB_9.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - CU - Short, High Airy Growl
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1.0 0:04Explosion Explosion Ceramic
39 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC87Ag.wav Heavy Explosion.
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2.0 0:04Explosion Explosion Big
40 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ProcessedLig_36.wav Sound Design - Processed Lightning And Explosion Component W Reverse Rumble - C U - Gated Reverb And Basic Eventide Warp, Heavily Processed Crack And Thunder Rumble
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2.0 0:10Explosion Explosion Thunder
41 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Big,Low,Boomy.wav Explosion: Explosion Big Low Boomy
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2.0 0:12Explosion Explosion Big
42 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
43 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Doppler,Huge,Hit1.wav Explosion: Explosion Doppler Huge Hit
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Doppler
44 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Med,Rumble,Long.wav Explosion: Explosion Med Rumble Long
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2.0 0:04Explosion Explosion
45 Sounddogs Sound Library Rumble,Explosive,Approach2.wav Explosion: Rumble Explosive Approach 2
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2.0 0:02Explosion Explosion
46 Sonopedia ExplosionBlast_S08WA.111.wav Warfare, Explosion, Blast, Debris, Hard, Military
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2.0 0:04Explosion Explosion
47 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Blasts-CU-VeryGo.wav Explosions - Blasts - C U - Very Good, Various, Pack Of Concussive Select And Composites
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2.0 0:30Explosion Explosion
48 Sonopedia ExplosionMultiple_S08WA.145.wav Warfare, Explosion, Multiple, Debris, Blasts, Military
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2.0 0:12Explosion Explosion
49 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlast_19.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - Close-Up - Gusting Blast Of Air Followed By Incrementally Lighter Rebounds, Very Hollow
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1.0 0:02Explosion Explosion Ceramic
50 SoundStorm Library Explosions-ShortLowEndThuds.wav Explosions - Short Low End Thuds - Short Muffled Low Booms Designed To Sub-Woofer Sweetening Of Explosions Or Fireworks
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2.0 0:46Explosion Explosion
51 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library SonicBoom,_BBC-Historical_5.wav Sonic Boom, Single Distant Boom As English Electric Lightning Passes Throughsound Barrier. (Jet
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2.0 0:16Explosion Sonic Boom
52 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlastB_7.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - Close-Up - Very Hollow Airy Whirring, Various Modulations, Soft And Very Short
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1.0 0:02Explosion Explosion Ceramic
53 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsHeavy.BBC.EC87Ab.wav Heavy Explosion.
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Big
54 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ProcessedLig_31.wav Sound Design - Processed Lightning And Explosion Component - C U - Gated Reverb And Basic Eventide Warp, Heavily Processed Crack And Thunder Rumble @ Tail
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Thunder
55 Sounddogs Sound Library Bursts,Sparks,Frantic,Sharp.wav Explosion: Bursts Sparks Frantic Sharp
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2.0 0:53Explosion Explosion Burst
56 BBC Sound Effects Library Explosions.BBC.ECD71a.wav Warfare, World War II: Heavy Explosions (some Distortion-German Wartime Rec.) (reprocessed)
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2.0 1:33Explosion Explosion Big
57 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Doppler,Debris1.wav Explosion: Explosion Doppler Debris
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2.0 0:11Explosion Explosion Doppler
58 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Small,Edgy,Quick.wav Explosion: Burst Small Edgy Quick
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2.0 0:01Explosion Explosion Burst
59 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Large,Whine,Synth.wav Explosion: Explosion Large Whine Synth
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2.0 0:14Explosion Explosion
60 Sounddogs Sound Library Rumble,Crackle,Explosion,Di.wav Explosion: Rumble Crackle Explosion Dist
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2.0 0:32Explosion Explosion
61 Sonopedia ExplosionAuto_S08WA.130.wav Warfare, Explosion, Car, Vehicle, Fireball, Fire, Debris, Military, Auto
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2.0 1:00Explosion Explosion
62 Sonopedia ExplosionGlass_S08WA.140.wav Warfare, Explosion, Glass, Debris, Military
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion
63 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-CarExplo_13.wav Explosions - Bomb - Car Explosion - Big - Debris @ End - Channel 01 LS And 02 RS
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion Bomb
64 SoundStorm Library Explosions-3PoundExplosion-.wav Explosions - 3 Pound Explosion - C U - Medium Large W Echoey Decay
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2.0 0:19Explosion Explosion
65 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-PipeBomb_24.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
66 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
67 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-Primacord_1.wav Explosions - Bomb - Primacord - Large - Channel 01 LS And 02 RS
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion Bomb
68 SoundStorm Library Explosions-FireballFlameW_1.wav Explosions - Fireball Flame Whooshes - MCU - Airy Firey Busts, Gravely Sounding, Big Low End
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2.0 0:49Explosion Explosion Big
69 SoundStorm Library Explosions-LowEndExploWRoll.wav Explosions - Low End Explo W Rolling Echo - Rumbly, Static-like Debris Spray On Some, Good Debris On Others
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2.0 0:24Explosion Explosion
70 Sounddogs Sound Library Satlpeter,Burst,Low.wav Explosion: Salpeter Burst Low
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2.0 0:04Explosion Explosion Burst
71 Sonopedia ExplosionDynamite_S08WA.135.wav Warfare, Explosion, Dynamite, Demolition, Blast, Distant, Military
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Dynamite
72 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-BlackPowd_9.wav Explosions - Bomb - Black Powder - With Wood Debris - Channel 01 L And 02 R
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2.0 0:14Explosion Explosion Bomb
73 SoundStorm Library Explosions-1PoundExplosion-.wav Explosions - 1 Pound Explosion - C U - Medium W Echoey Decay
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion
74 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-PipeBomb_19.wav Explosions - Bomb - Pipe Bomb - Big - Channel 01 LS And 02 RS
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2.0 0:12Explosion Explosion Bomb
75 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-SciFiGunshot-_2.wav Sound Design - Sci Fi Gunshot - High Pitched Zap
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2.0 0:01Explosion Science Fiction Zap
76 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Bomb-Primacor_10.wav Explosions - Bomb - Primacord - Sharp - Great Impact, Some Rock Debris Give A Nice Ending - Channel 01 LS And 02 RS
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion Bomb
77 SoundStorm Library Explosions-ExplosionSweet_6.wav Explosions - Explosion Sweetener - Distant - For Bazooka Or Rocket Blast
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2.0 0:08Explosion Explosion
78 SoundStorm Library Explosions-LargeSharpMetalE.wav Explosions - Large Sharp Metal Explion - Rumbl;ing W BG Squeak And Debris
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1.0 0:12Explosion Explosion
79 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlast_16.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - CU - Medium-Light Gust Of Air Followed By Smaller And Lighter Bursts
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1.0 0:04Explosion Explosion Ceramic
80 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Primacord-Deep_6.wav Explosions - Primacord - Deep Kaboom - Mutiple Blast, Reverb - Channel 01 LS And 02 RS
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2.0 0:12Explosion Explosion
81 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
82 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlastB_4.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - CU - Hard, Low Airy Growl
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1.0 0:04Explosion Explosion Ceramic
83 BBC Sound Effects Library ExplosionsPetrol.BBC.EC3E1.wav Explosions: Petrol Ignites And Burns
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion
84 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ProcessedLig_26.wav Sound Design - Processed Lightning And Explosion Component - C U - Gated Reverb And Basic Eventide Warp, Heavily Processed Crack And Gunshot @ Tail
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2.0 0:06Explosion Explosion Thunder
85 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Vocal,Swell,Spooky,09.wav Explosion: Burst Vocal Swell Spooky 09
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion Burst
86 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
87 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Doppler,Crackle6.wav Explosion: Explosion Doppler Crackle
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2.0 0:05Explosion Explosion Doppler
88 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
89 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosion,Huge,Roar,Rumble.wav Explosion: Explosion Huge Roar Rumble
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2.0 0:13Explosion Explosion
90 Sounddogs Sound Library Explosions,Slow,Muffle,AmmoDump.wav Explosion: Explosions Slow Muffle AmmoDump
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1.0 0:40Explosion Explosion
91 SoundStorm Library Explosions-ExplosionSweet_1.wav Explosions - Explosion Sweetener - Distant - For Bazooka Or Rocket Blast
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2.0 0:12Explosion Explosion
92 SoundStorm Library Explosions-LargeContinuingE.wav Explosions - Large Continuing Explosions - CU - Prison Explosions
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1.0 0:51Explosion Explosion
93 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlast_14.wav Sound Design - Ceramic Blast Blows - Int - Close-Up - Very Hollow Airy Whirring, Very Soft And Very Short
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1.0 0:02Explosion Explosion Ceramic
94 SoundStorm Library Explosions-Primacord-Deep_1.wav Explosions - Primacord - Deep Kaboom - Mutiple Blast, Reverb - Channel 01 L And 02 R
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2.0 0:12Explosion Explosion
95 Coll Anderson Sound Library EFX Bathroom Debris 05.wav Debris, Interior, Medicine Cabinet Items Fall Into Sink And Floor Of Bathroom
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2.0 0:02Explosion Explosion
96 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-CeramicBlastB_2.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
97 BBC Sound Effects Library Explosions.BBC.EC3E1d.wav Explosions: Heavy, Studio Originated
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Big
98 SoundStorm Library SoundDesign-ProcessedLig_21.wav Sound Design - Processed Lightning And Explosion Component - C U - Gated Reverb And Basic Eventide Warp, Heavily Processed Crack @ Tail
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2.0 0:09Explosion Explosion Thunder
99 Sounddogs Sound Library Burst,Vocal,Swell,Spooky,04.wav Explosion: Burst Vocal Swell Spooky
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2.0 0:03Explosion Explosion Burst
100 BBC Historical Sound Effects Library SingleS_BBC-Historical_A 3.wav Single Shot And Reverberation (from 78 Disc)
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2.0 0:11Explosion Explosion