explode#1 (v)
detonate (v)
blow up#3 (v)
set off (v)

v00306723

type v
lex_filenum 30
def cause to burst with a violent release of energy
examples We exploded the nuclear bomb
Frame - 8 Somebody ----s something
Outgoing links
Cause detonate, explode, blow up
Hypernym change integrity
Derivationally related form blow up → blowup
Derivationally related form detonate → detonative; detonate → detonation; detonate → detonator
Derivationally related form explode → explosion; explode → explosion
Hyponym fulminate; dynamite
Incoming links
Derivationally related form detonative → detonate; detonation → detonate; detonator → detonate
Derivationally related form explosion → explode; explosion → explode
Derivationally related form blowup → blow up
Hyponym change integrity
Hypernym fulminate; dynamite

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