Synonyms of explodes

explodes

verb

present tense third-person singular of explode

1

as in detonates

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

the building was wrecked when a powerful bomb exploded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• detonates
• pops
• blows
• bursts
• goes off
• shatters
• blows up
• smashes
• crumps
• fragments
• fires
• mushrooms
• splinters
• discharges
• shoots
• burgeons
• bourgeons
• balloons

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• implodes
• fizzles

2

as in shatters

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive

the bomb was so powerful that it exploded windows in several neighboring buildings

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shatters
• smashes
• demolishes
• blows
• destroys
• pops
• bursts
• detonates
• blasts
• blows up
• annihilates
• decimates
• dynamites
• ruins
• wrecks
• fragments
• discharges
• splinters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapses
• implodes

3

as in erupts

to develop suddenly and violently

the mayor's latest unpopular decision caused long-suppressed resentment to explode into open anger

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erupts
• breaks out
• bursts (forth)
• flames
• blazes (up)
• swells
• flares (up)
• detonates
• skyrockets
• proliferates
• mounts
• mushrooms
• multiplies
• snowballs
• rockets
• burgeons
• waxes
• touches off
• balloons
• bourgeons
• blows up