Related Words for explosions

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Word	Syllables	Categories
detonation	xx/x	Noun, Noun
burst	/	Noun, Noun
explodes	x/	Verb
explosives	x/x	Noun
detonating	/xxx	Verb
fireworks	/x	Noun
pyrotechnics	xx/x	Noun
bombings	/x	Noun
blowing up	/x/	Phrase, Noun
high explosive	/x/x	Phrase, Noun
bombs	/	Noun
detonators	/xxx	Noun
destruction	x/x	Noun
dynamite	/xx	Noun, Adjective
gunshots	/x	Noun
blasts	/	Noun
grenades	x/	Noun
gunfire	/xx	Noun
demolitions	xx/x	Noun
firestorm	/x	Noun
gunpowder	/xx	Noun
combustion	x/x	Noun
erupting	x/x	Verb
blew up	//	Phrase
shock wave	//	Phrase, Noun
fires	/x	Noun
car bomb	//	Phrase, Noun
earthquakes	/x	Noun
plastic explosive	/xx/x	Phrase, Noun
disasters	x/x	Noun
eruptions	x/x	Noun
implosions	x/x	Noun
firecrackers	/xxx	Noun
fireballs	/xx	Noun
projectiles	x/x	Noun
bombardments	x/x	Noun
cannons	/x	Noun
combustible	x/xx	Adjective
atom bomb	/x/	Phrase, Noun
impacts	x/	Noun
meteors	/xx	Noun
destroying	x/x	Verb
petrol bomb	/x/	Phrase, Noun
wildfires	/xx	Noun
ignite	x/	Verb
shrapnel	/x	Noun
artillery	x/xx	Noun
flames	/	Noun
ruptures	/x	Noun
bullets	/x	Noun
mushroom cloud	/x/	Phrase, Noun
munitions	x/x	Noun
nuclear	/xx	Noun, Adjective
underground	/xx	Verb, Adjective
supernova	xx/x	Verb
underwater	/xxx	Name, Adjective
shipboard	/x	Noun
chases	/x	Noun
boilers	/x	Noun
concussions	x/x	Noun
thuds	/	Noun
deafening	/xx	Verb, Adjective
crump	/	Name
fallout	/x	Noun
venting	/x	Noun
rocked	/	Verb
thermonuclear	xx/xx	Adjective
crashes	/x	Noun
confined	x/	Adjective
moratorium	xx/xx	Noun
reverberations	xxx/x	Noun
hiroshima	xx/x	Name
colloquium	x/xx	Noun
shootings	/x	Noun
rumble	/x	Noun
unconfined	xx/	Adjective
spills	/	Noun
thunderous	/xx	Adjective
rumblings	/xx	Noun
reverberating	x/xxx	Verb
torpedoes	x/x	Noun
flashes	/x	Noun
dust	/	Verb
bangs	/	Noun
elbe	/	Name
muffled	/x	Adjective, Verb
flares	/	Noun
bans	/	Verb
shattering	/xx	Verb
screams	/	Noun
thundering	/xx	Verb
assassinations	xxx/x	Noun
cacophony	x/xx	Noun
punctuated	/xxx	Verb
thump	/	Noun
tornadoes	x/x	Noun
discontinuance	xx/xx	Noun
wracked	/	Verb
crackle	/x	Noun
noises	/x	Noun
lynchings	/x	Noun
sirens	/x	Noun
antarctica	x/xx	Name
roar	/	Noun
ripped	/	Verb
shots	/	Noun
wrecks	/	Noun
rockets	/x	Noun
ins	/	Noun
stellar	/x	Adjective
volcanic	x/x	Adjective
cataclysmic	xx/x	Adjective
tracers	/x	Noun
shells	/	Noun
sparks	/	Noun
din	/	Noun
volley	/x	Noun
resounded	x/x	Verb
jarred	/	Verb
racked	/	Verb
attacks	x/	Noun
avalanches	/xxx	Noun
bombers	/x	Noun
collapses	x/x	Verb, Noun
devaluations	xxx/x	Noun
floods	/	Noun
jolts	/	Noun, Verb
landslides	/x	Verb
outbreaks	/x	Noun
outbursts	/x	Noun
quakes	/	Noun
storms	/	Noun
surges	/x	Verb, Noun
tests	/	Noun
uprisings	/xx	Noun
yields	/	Noun, Verb