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An explosive utterance (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blast

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'an explosive utterance' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
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(Other definitions for blast that I've seen before include "Mild expletive - sharp explosion" , "Sudden strong gust of wind" , "Effect of explosion" , "Great time: explosion" , "Blow up with explosives" .)

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