- bursting, detonating, exploding - (of munitions) going off; "bursting bombs"; "an exploding nuclear device"; "a spectacular display of detonating anti-tank mines"
Antonym: nonexplosive (indirect, via explosive)
- explode, detonate, blow up, set off - cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
--1 is one way to change integrity
Sample sentence:Derived forms: noun detonation2, noun detonator1
Somebody ----s something
- detonate - explode; "the bomb detonated at noon"
--2 is one way to explode, burst
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun detonation1
Something ----s