Noun

• S: (n) explosion, detonation, blowup (a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction)
• S: (n) detonation (the act of detonating an explosive)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• S: (n) percussion (the act of exploding a percussion cap)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• W: (v) detonate [Related to: detonation] (cause to burst with a violent release of energy) "We exploded the nuclear bomb"