DETONATED Synonyms

• expletives used informally as intensifiers

• the act of exploding or bursting

• rapid simultaneous discharge of firearms

• a sudden flurry of activity (often for no obvious reason)

• a sudden intense happening

• come open suddenly and violently, as if from internal pressure

• force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up

• burst outward, usually with noise

• move suddenly, energetically, or violently

• be in a state of movement or action

• emerge suddenly

• cause to burst

• break open or apart suddenly and forcefully

• showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another

• set afire

• lever that activates the firing mechanism of a gun

• a device that activates or releases or causes something to happen

• an act that sets in motion some course of events

• put in motion or move to act

• release or pull the trigger on

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy

• burst outward, usually with noise

• show a violent emotional reaction

• be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise

• destroy by exploding

• cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/

• drive from the stage by noisy disapproval

• show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete

• burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

• increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy

• make large

• get very angry and fly into a rage

• add details to

• burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction

• exaggerate or make bigger

• fill with gas or air

• to swell or cause to enlarge

• a very long fly ball

• a sudden very loud noise

• a strong current of air

• an explosion (as of dynamite)

• a highly pleasurable or exciting experience

• intense adverse criticism

• make a strident sound

• hit with great force

• use explosives on

• apply a draft or strong wind to to

• create by using explosives

• make with or as if with an explosion

• fire a shot; release

• criticize harshly or violently

• shatter as if by explosion

• shrivel or wither or mature imperfectly

• the sudden giving off of energy

• the act of venting

• a substance that is emitted or released

• any of several bodily processes by which substances go out of the body

• electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field

• the pouring forth of a fluid

• the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

• a formal written statement of relinquishment

• the act of discharging a gun

• complete or carry out

• pour forth or release

• free from obligations or duties

• remove the charge from

• go off or discharge

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• eliminate (a substance)

• remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave

• cause to go off

• release from military service

• become empty or void of its content

• a salt or ester of fulminic acid

• criticize severely

• come on suddenly and intensely

• cause to explode violently and with loud noise