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explode
verb
- To release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise: blast, blow1 (up), burst, detonate, fire, fulminate, go off, touch off. See explosion
- To come open or fly apart suddenly and violently, as from internal pressure: blow1 (out), burst, pop1. Slang: bust. See explosion
- To become manifest suddenly and in full force: break out, burst (forth or out), erupt, flare (up). See explosion, start
- To be or become angry: anger, blow up, boil over, bristle, burn, flare up, foam, fume, rage, seethe. Informal: steam. Idioms: blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow one's stack (or top), breathe fire, fly off the handle, get hot under the collar, hit the ceiling (or roof), lose one's temper, see red. See feelings
- To increase or expand suddenly, rapidly, or without control: mushroom, snowball. See increase
- To cause to be no longer believed or valued: debunk, deflate, discredit, puncture. Informal: shoot down. Idioms: knock the bottom out of, shoot full of holes. See value
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