The phrase "an explosion of outrage" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a sudden and intense reaction of anger or indignation from a group of people regarding a particular issue or event.
Example: "The announcement of the controversial policy led to an explosion of outrage among the citizens, prompting protests across the city."
Alternatives: "a surge of anger" or "a wave of indignation".
In the end, the photos taken at Abu Ghraib produced an explosion of outrage.
Amid this standoff, there has been an explosion of outrage against perceived excessive compensation to those who precipitated the financial crisis.
In The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Scowcroft wrote that if the United States "were seen to be turning our backs" on the Israeli-Palestinian dispute "in order to go after Iraq, there would be an explosion of outrage against us".
"If we were seen to be turning our back on that bitter conflict — which the region, rightly or wrongly, perceives to be clearly within our power to resolve — in order to go after Iraq, there would be an explosion of outrage against us".
There was an explosion of outrage from some officers on social media, including personal attacks against the twin architects of the reforms, Theresa May and Tom Winsor.
Faced with an explosion of outrage from anti-abortion groups and customers, Lands' End has pulled the feature from its website and even appears to have canceled an arrangement to donate $3 to the ERA Coalition/Fund for Women's Equality every time a customer ordered the group's monogram stitched into an item.
The tragedy ignited an explosion of public outrage, soul-searching and demands for better regulation of guns.
Faced with an explosion of public outrage, the Delhi police rounded up six suspects within a day after the gang rape occurred.
Sophisticated phrases like "an exponential explosion of outrage" or "Your spirit is turned to cinder" may be quickly countered by Elektra chatting in vernacular about a "tit-for-tat murder," or Tutor observing, "Orestes is dead; that's the long and short of it".
When he later admitted that he knew a gambling company had been taking bets on him doing so, a brief explosion of outrage followed, quickly resulting in Shaw handing in his resignation.
The explosion of outrage at Khan's remarks, and equally vocal outpourings of support, highlight the ferocity of the debate surrounding intolerance in a country proud of its pluralist traditions.
