Boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion

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A boiling liquid expanding vapor explosion (BLEVE; BLEV-ee) is an explosion caused by the rupture of a vessel containing a pressurized liquid that has attained a temperature sufficiently higher than its boiling point at atmospheric pressure.

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