Synonyms of exploding

exploding

verb

present participle of explode

1

as in detonating

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure

the building was wrecked when a powerful bomb exploded

Synonyms & Similar Words

• detonating
• popping
• blowing
• bursting
• crumping
• going off
• shattering
• blowing up
• smashing
• firing
• splintering
• fragmenting
• mushrooming
• burgeoning
• discharging
• shooting
• ballooning

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• imploding
• collapsing
• fizzling

2

as in shattering

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

• shattering
• smashing
• demolishing
• bursting
• blowing
• destroying
• popping
• blasting
• detonating
• blowing up
• wrecking
• ruining
• decimating
• dynamiting
• annihilating
• splintering
• fragmenting
• discharging

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• collapsing
• imploding

3

as in erupting

to develop suddenly and violently

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• erupting
• bursting (forth)
• breaking out
• blazing (up)
• flaming
• swelling
• skyrocketing
• flaring (up)
• mounting
• proliferating
• mushrooming
• detonating
• multiplying
• burgeoning
• rocketing
• snowballing
• ballooning
• waxing
• touching off
• blowing up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of exploding

Balloons float above an exploding castle, a giant peeks from behind the bushes and wizards throw flames in the foreground. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 July 2026

Unsurprisingly, this took a few attempts to get right—resulting in three vacuum tubes exploding. — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 23 July 2026

Ukraine’s Holywater is one of the largest in the exploding vertical video industry, has a content deal with Fox and recently received investment via a $22M capital funding round, the biggest of its kind in the microdrama space. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 July 2026

Interviews with expert chefs highlight the technical complexity and problem-solving skills required for the job, from managing ingredients to troubleshooting issues like exploding soufflés. — Isidoro Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

To keep interest costs on $39 trillion in debt from exploding further, the Treasury Department has relied heavily on short-term securities that have lower yields than longer-term bonds. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Peña, a four-year NYPD veteran assigned to the 84th Precinct in Downtown Brooklyn, was thrown from his motorcycle, which kept going down the highway, slamming into a wall and exploding into flames, video posted on social media shows. — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 17 July 2026

After years of being sidelined, research on mitochondria is now exploding, said Carmen Sandi, a behavioral and systems neuroscientist at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne. — Rachel Nuwer, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2026

The moment when everything has been flung apart and is exploding in front of you. — Josh Fox, IndieWire, 17 July 2026