Related Words for explode

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detonate
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Verb, Verb
burst
/
Verb, Verb, Noun
blow up
//
Phrase, Noun, Verb
break loose
//
Phrase, Verb
set off
//
Phrase, Verb
implode
x/
Verb, Verb
erupt
x/
Verb
ignite
x/
Verb
disintegrate
x/xx
Verb
skyrocket
/xx
Noun
soar
/
Verb
explosion
x/x
Noun
shrivel
/x
Verb
collide
x/
Noun
plummet
/x
Verb
suffocate
/xx
Verb
blow
/
Noun
smash
/
Noun
shatter
/x
Noun
vaporize
/xx
Verb
collapse
x/
Noun
unleash
x/
Verb
bomb
/
Noun
melt
/
Noun
dissipate
/xx
Verb
deflate
x/
Verb
hurt
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Noun
grow
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Verb
disappear
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Verb
scream
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Noun
destroy
x/
Verb
coalesce
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Verb
swell
/
Noun
combust
x/
Noun
backfire
/x
Noun
burn
/
Noun
cause
/
Noun
evaporate
x/xx
Verb
spew
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Verb
shrink
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Verb
annihilate
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Verb
suck
/
Noun
dominate
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Verb
aflame
x/
Noun
vibrate
/x
Verb
explosive
x/x
Adjective
threaten
/x
Verb
provoke
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Verb
crumble
/x
Verb
kill
/
Verb
flatten
/x
Verb
hurl
/
Verb
reverberate
x/xx
Noun
jump
/
Noun
evolve
x/
Verb
turn
/
Noun
vanish
/x
Verb
triggered
/x
Verb
blasted
/x
Adjective
propel
x/
Verb
rise
/
Noun
wreak
/
Verb
escalate
/xx
Verb
destabilize
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Verb
topple
/x
Verb
engulf
x/
Verb
crash
/
Noun
popped
/
Verb
emerge
x/
Verb
obliterate
x/xx
Verb
alight
x/
Noun
dissolve
x/
Verb
catapult
/xx
Noun
overwhelm
xx/
Verb
come
/
Verb
zapped
/
Verb
uncontrollably
xx/xx
Adverb
choke
/
Verb
penetrate
/xx
Verb
dynamite
/xx
Noun
ablaze
x/
Adverb, Adjective
incite
x/
Verb
intensify
x/xx
Verb
destined
/x
Verb
detonation
xx/x
Noun
reach
/
Noun
shake
/
Noun
falter
/x
Noun
fall
/
Noun
primed
/
Adjective
accelerate
x/xx
Verb
soften
/x
Verb
destruct
x/
Noun
burn up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
blow out
//
Phrase, Verb
blow off
//
Phrase, Verb
splash
/
Noun
spring
/
Noun
blow away
/x/
Phrase, Verb
split
/
Noun
expire
x/
Verb
burn out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
expel
x/
Verb
flash
/
Noun
hole
/
Noun
let off
//
Phrase, Verb
shard
/
Noun
boom
/
Noun
break up
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
splat
/
Noun
break
/
Noun
rupture
/x
Noun
starburst
/x
Noun
rive
/
Noun
extrude
x/
Noun
outburst
/x
Noun
fireball
/xx
Noun
wipe out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
throw out
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
dash
/
Noun
break down
//
Phrase, Verb, Noun
supernovae
xx/x
Noun
firecrackers
/xxx
Noun
underwater
/xxx
Adjective
splatter
/x
Verb
fireworks
/x
Noun
warhead
/x
Noun
grenade
x/
Noun
activate
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Verb
anger
/x
Noun, Verb
bang
/
Noun, Verb, Adverb
belch
/
Noun, Verb
bother
/x
Verb, Noun
cherry
/x
Noun, Adjective
crump
/
Name, Verb, Adjective
exploit
/x
Verb, Noun
fart
/
Noun, Verb
fire
/x
Noun, Adjective, Verb
inflame
x/
Verb
knock
/
Verb, Noun
loud
/
Adjective, Adverb, Noun
nuclear
/xx
Adjective, Noun
operate
/xx
Verb
pieces
/x
Verb
sacks
/
Noun
shoot
/
Verb, Noun
skip
/
Verb, Noun
squeeze
/
Verb, Noun
storm
/
Noun, Verb
tap
/
Verb, Noun
unravel
x/x
Verb
backwater
/xx
Noun, Verb
off
/
Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
die
/
Verb, Noun
stonewall
/x
Name, Verb, Adjective
bundle
/x
Noun, Verb
gloss
/
Noun, Verb
pidgin
/x
Noun
backside
/x
Noun, Adjective
southend
/x
Name
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
get
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Verb, Noun