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A catastrophic stellar explosion that produces a sudden enormous increase in brightness and ejects material.
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- supernova explosion
- supernova remnant
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The supernova briefly outshone the rest of its galaxy.
Centuries later, the ship crossed the expanding supernova remnant.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular: supernova; plural: supernovae or supernovas. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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