The phrase "almost an explosion" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or event that is intense or forceful but does not reach the full extent of an actual explosion.
Example: "The fireworks display was so powerful that it felt like there was almost an explosion in the sky."
Alternatives: "nearly an explosion" or "close to an explosion".
No. 18 and 19 show almost an explosion or conflagrations.
There are the black independent bookstores, the black book clubs and an ever-growing number, almost an explosion, of black reading clubs.
At a 1957 conference on synagogue design sponsored by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, a Reform umbrella group, one architect tried some positive spin: "I think this floundering that is going on now is in effect a symbolic growth, almost an explosion of forces that have been pent up for centuries".
In the last year, it's been almost an explosion of interest in gluten-free," Norman says.
"We have seen almost an explosion of interest in people coming out as trans," Bowers says.
During the last year, the interest in NTM infections has increased, with the result of almost an explosion of published articles.
Almost immediately, an explosion shattered the apartment, killing the terrorists and a police officer.
Almost simultaneously, an explosion devastated the north wing of the school building, killing 36 schoolchildren and two teachers.
A judge upheld a $115 million judgment against the serial bombing suspect Eric Rudolph that was awarded to Emily Lyons, an abortion clinic nurse who almost died in an explosion.
Deanne Fitzmaurice of The San Francisco Chronicle won the feature photography award for a photo essay on an Oakland hospital's efforts to mend an Iraqi boy who almost died in an explosion.
Involuntarily, I glanced down at Benech's shoes: exquisite tobacco-brown suède loafers, almost pantoufles, decorated with an explosion of pompons.
