Blow up - Go off - Burst - Erupt - Detonate
These are all words that can be used when sth bursts apart violently, causing damage or injury.
Explode to burst loudly and violently, causing damage; to make sth burst in this way: The jet smashed into a hillside and exploded. | The bomb was exploded under controlled conditions.
Blow (sth) up to be destroyed by an explosion; to destroy sth by an explosion: A police officer was killed when his car blew up.
Go off (of a bomb) to explode; (of a gun) to be fired: The bomb went off in a crowded street. Remember that when it is used about guns, the choice of go off (instead of ‘be fired’) can suggest that the gun was fired by accident.
Burst to break open or apart, especially because of pressure from inside; to make sth break in this way: That balloon’s going to burst.
Erupt (of a volcano) to throw out burning rocks and smoke; (of burning rocks and smoke) to be thrown out of a volcano.
Detonate (rather formal) (of a bomb) to explode; to make a bomb explode: Two other bombs failed to detonate.
PATTERNS
*a bomb explodes/blows up/goes off/bursts/detonates
*a car/plane/vehicle explodes/blows up
*a firework/rocket explodes/goes off
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