detonate

verbs

cause to burst with a violent release of energy
"We exploded the nuclear bomb"
blow up, detonate, explode, set off
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burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"
"The Molotov cocktail exploded"
blow up, detonate, explode
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