What is the force from an explosion that can literally knock you off of your feet?

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You see it in movies all the time and can read accounts of it, but scientifically speaking what is it that is actually throwing your body into the air?

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It is the sudden displacement of air being forced away from the explosion rapidly that creates the “shockwave” you see when an explosion goes off, when the wave of air hits you, it’s travelling at an extremely high speed, so it can knock you down.

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