blow up β If someone blows something up or if it blows up, it is destroyed by an explosion.
detonate β If someone detonates a device such as a bomb, or if it detonates, it explodes.
blast β A blast is a big explosion, especially one caused by a bomb.
burst β If something bursts or if you burst it, it suddenly breaks open or splits open and the air or other substance inside it comes out.
burst out β If someone bursts out laughing, crying, or making another noise, they suddenly start making that noise. You can also say that a noise bursts out.
shatter β to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
go off β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
break out β If something such as war, fighting, or disease breaks out, it begins suddenly.
collapse β If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
erupt β (of a volcano) become active and eject lava, ash, and gases.
flare up β to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
mushroom β any of various fleshy fungi including the toadstools, puffballs, coral fungi, morels, etc.
rupture β the act of breaking or bursting: The flood led to the rupture of the dam.
set off β to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
backfire β If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
blaze β When a fire blazes, it burns strongly and brightly.
convulse β If someone convulses or if they are convulsed by or with something, their body moves suddenly in an uncontrolled way.
discharge β to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
fracture β the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
jet β a compact black coal, susceptible of a high polish, used for making beads, jewelry, buttons, etc.
shiver β to shake or tremble with cold, fear, excitement, etc.
split β to divide or separate from end to end or into layers: to split a log in two.
thunder β a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
kablooey β (colloquial) alternative spelling of kablooie.
let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
fly off the handle β a part of a thing made specifically to be grasped or held by the hand.
hit the ceiling β the overhead interior surface of a room.
hit the roof β the external upper covering of a house or other building.
nullify β to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
challenge β A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
shoot down β the act of shooting with a bow, firearm, etc.
belie β If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
confute β to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove
debunk β If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
deflate β If you deflate someone or something, you take away their confidence or make them seem less important.
discard β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
puncture β the act of piercing or perforating, as with a pointed instrument or object.
refute β to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
repudiate β to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.