Synonyms for explode
Most common
fly blast burst break loose burst forth split detonate irrupt
Synonyms by meaning
Verb
2. Burst forth
3. Split — to break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators
4. Detonate
Definitions
- v. 1
To destroy with an explosion.
The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.
- v. 2
To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
- v. 3
To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
- v. 4
To make a violent or emotional outburst; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially anger.
She exploded when I criticised her hat.
Forms
- Past participle
- exploded
e.g. exploded → blown, blasted, flyed, discharged…
Example sentences
- fly The left fielder ran hard and caught the long fly.
- blast News of the recent blast is all over the radio.
- burst When she saw her test score, she burst into tears.
- split That crisis threatened to split the nation in two.
By length
- 3 letters
- fly1
- 4 letters
- blow1
- 5 letters
- break1, split1, blast1, burst1
- 6 letters
- irrupt
- 8 letters
- detonate3, unstring, displode, kerplode
- 9 letters
- discharge2, repudiate4, fulminate3, kersplode
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (detonate3 = 3 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- exploser
- Italiano
- esplodere
- Español
- explotar
- Deutsch
- explodieren
- Català
- explotar