| Main Entry: | explode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up |
Synonyms: |
backfire, blast, blaze, blow to kingdom come, break out, burst, collapse, convulse, detonate, discharge, erupt, flame up, flare up, fracture, jet, kablooey, let go, mushroom, rupture, set off, shatter, shiver, split, thunder |
| Notes: | explode is to blow up from a confined area outwards; implode means blow inwards, as a lightbulb does when it burns out |
Antonyms: |
implode |
| Main Entry: | explode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discredit |
Synonyms: |
belie, confute, debunk, deflate, discard, disprove, invalidate, puncture, refute, repudiate, shoot down, shoot full of holes |
Antonyms: |
prove |
| Main Entry: | bang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hit or knock loudly |
Synonyms: |
boom, burst, clang, clatter, crash, detonate, drum, echo, explode, make noise, peal, rattle, resound, sound, thump, thunder |
Antonyms: |
tap |
| Main Entry: | belie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disprove |
Synonyms: |
confute, contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disaffirm, disagree, explode, gainsay, negate, negative, oppose, repudiate |
Antonyms: |
attest, prove |
| Main Entry: | blaze |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | burn brightly |
Synonyms: |
beam, burst out, coruscate, explode, fire, flame, flare, flash, flicker, fulgurate, glare, gleam, glow, illuminate, illumine, incandesce, jet, light, radiate, scintillate, shimmer, shine, sparkle |
| Main Entry: | boom |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crash; make loud sound |
Synonyms: |
bang, blast, burst, clap, crack, drum, explode, resound, reverberate, roar, roll, rumble, slam, smash, sound, thunder, wham |
| Main Entry: | break out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | happen, emerge |
Synonyms: |
appear, arise, begin, burst forth, commence, erupt, explode, occur, set in, spring up, start |
| Main Entry: | burst |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blow up, break out |
Synonyms: |
barge, blow, break, crack, detonate, discharge, disintegrate, erupt, explode, fly open, fracture, fragment, gush forth, perforate, pierce, pop, prick, puncture, rend asunder, run, rupture, rush, shatter, shiver, splinter, split, spout, tear apart |
| Main Entry: | compromise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jeopardy |
Synonyms: |
blight, cop out, discredit, dishonor, embarrass, endanger, explode, expose, give in, hazard, imperil, implicate, jeopardize, mar, menace, peril, prejudice, put under suspicion, risk, ruin, sell out, spoil, weaken |
Antonyms: |
guard, protect, save |
| Main Entry: | crack |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | break, usually into parts |
Synonyms: |
burst, chip, chop, cleave, crackle, crash, damage, detonate, explode, fracture, hurt, impair, injure, pop, ring, rive, sever, shiver, snap, splinter, split |
Antonyms: |
fix, mend |