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explosive decompression

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explosive decompression [ik′splō·siv ‚dē·kəm′presh·ən]
(aerospace engineering)
A sudden loss of pressure in a pressurized cabin, cockpit, or the like, so rapid as to be explosive, as when punctured by gunfire.
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