voladura

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Catalan

Etymology

From volar +‎ -dura.

Pronunciation

Noun

voladura f (plural voladures)

  1. blowing up, dynamiting, demolition

Further reading

Spanish

Noun

voladura f (plural voladuras)

  1. blowing up, blasting
    • 2015 July 10, “Justicia transicional para ‘dummies’, colombianos y colombianas”, in El País:
      En las últimas semanas el país ha sufrido sucesivos atentados con explosivos en la capital; la voladura de un oleoducto en el departamento de Nariño, hecho que provocó el mayor daño ambiental de la última década; y el repliegue de fuerzas del ELN y las FARC en diferentes zonas del país.
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