W: (v) explode [Related to: explosion] (cause to burst with a violent release of energy) "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
W: (v) detonate [Related to: detonation] (burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction) "the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
W: (v) blow up [Related to: blowup] (cause to burst with a violent release of energy) "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
S: (n) detonation (the act of detonating an explosive)
S: (n) explosion, burst (the act of exploding or bursting) "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"