explode
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- verb
Synonyms for explode
lose your temper
Synonyms
- lose your temper
- rage
- erupt
- blow up
- lose it
- crack up
- see red
- lose the plot
- become angry
- have a fit
- go ballistic
- hit the roof
- throw a tantrum
- blow a fuse
- go berserk
- go mad
- fly off the handle
- go spare
- become enraged
- go off the deep end
- go up the wall
- blow your top
- go crook
- fly into a temper
- flip your lid
- do your nut
increase
disprove
Synonyms
- disprove
- discredit
- refute
- belie
- demolish
- repudiate
- put paid to
- invalidate
- debunk
- prove impossible
- prove wrong
- give the lie to
- blow out of the water
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Synonyms for explode
to release or cause to release energy suddenly and violently, especially with a loud noise
to cause to be no longer believed or valued
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Synonyms for explode
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
burst outward, usually with noise
be unleashed
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cause to burst as a result of air pressure
drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
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