Words and phrases that have a meaning related to explode: (146 results)
Often used in the same context:
detonate, implode, erupt, ignite, vaporize, engulf, combust, fizzle, disintegrate, fuse, vaporise, scorch, powder keg, burst, skyrocket, aflame, collide, deflate, disappear, unleash, crumble, overwhelm, hurl, shatter, seep, escalate, alight, vibrate, soar, roman candle, crumple, spew, defused, rattle, smolder, convulse, destroy, suffocate, flaming, flare, subside, annihilate, dissipate, evaporate, sink, suck, submerge, morph, overheat, vanish, happen, obliterate, permeate, flatten, melt, deafen, scatter, pummel, dowse, sprout, curdle, blossom, sputter, mesmerize, pierce, saturate, careen, shrivel, mishandle, falter, rip, proliferate, dominate, pressure cooker, catapult, injure, fester, plummet, ricochet, drown, levitate, burgeon, inundate, stagnate, derange, fade, lie dormant, vaporised, depressurize, paralyze, mushroom cloud, overtake, roil, hyperventilate, bombard, wither, douse, conk, diffused, popping, depressurise, zap
Appears in the definition of:
., blow up, bullrush, bulrush, car bomb, cat's-tail, crump, detonate, explosive, fulminate, match, meteor, nailrod, reedmace, reed mace, set off, shooting star, time-fuse, typha latifolia
More general:
articulate, boo, change integrity, change state, confute, discharge, disprove, enounce, enunciate, fire, hiss, increase, pronounce, react, respond, ruin, say, turn
Synonyms:
Also try:break loose, burst forth
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