S: (v) pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way) "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
S: (v) retroflex (articulate (a consonant) with the tongue curled back against the palate) "Indian accents can be characterized by the fact that speakers retroflex their consonants"
S: (v) subvocalize, subvocalise (articulate without making audible sounds) "she was reading to herself and merely subvocalized"
S: (v) syllabize, syllabise (utter with distinct articulation of each syllable) "The poet syllabized the verses he read"
S: (v) drawl (lengthen and slow down or draw out) "drawl one's vowels"
S: (v) explode (drive from the stage by noisy disapproval)
S: (v) explode (show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete)
S: (v) detonate, explode, blow up (burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction) "the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
S: (v) explode, irrupt (increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner) "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"