Thesaurus:explode

Thesaurus

explode

English

Verb

Sense: to create an explosion

Synonyms

• asplode (humorous)
• blast
• blow
• blow up
• burst
• detonate
• displode
• dynamite
• explode
• fulminate (rare)
• go off
• let off
• nuke
• rive (rare)
• set off

Antonyms

• implode

Further reading

• “173. violence” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “explode” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.