All explode synonyms

verb explode

• blow up — If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
• detonate — If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes.
• blast — A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
• burst — If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
• burst out — If someone bursts out laughing, crying, or making another noise, they suddenly start making that noise. You can also say that a noise bursts out.
• shatter — to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
• go off — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• break out — If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• erupt — (of a volcano) become active and eject lava, ash, and gases.
• flare up — to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
• mushroom — any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
• rupture — the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
• set off — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
• backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
• blaze — When a fire blazes, it burns strongly and brightly.
• convulse — If someone convulses or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
• discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
• fracture — the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
• jet — a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
• shiver — to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
• split — to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
• thunder — a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
• kablooey — (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
• let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
• fly off the handle — a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
• hit the ceiling — the overhead interior surface of a room.
• hit the roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
• go ballistic — of or relating to ballistics.
• go postal — of or relating to the post office or mail service: postal delivery; postal employees.
• disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
• discredit — to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
• negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
• challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
• shoot down — the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
• belie — If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
• confute — to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove
• debunk — If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
• deflate — If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
• discard — to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
• puncture — the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
• refute — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
• repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.