Explosive Vocabulary

verb to explode or cause to explode with suddenness and violence

• The bomb squad was able to safely detonate the explosive device.
• Don't mess around with that, it could detonate at any moment!
• I heard that gossip is about to detonate in our friend group.
• Her anger seemed to slowly build up until it finally detonated in a fiery outburst.

noun a loud, explosive sound

interjection used to represent the sound of an explosion

• The unexpected caboom of the fireworks startled the audience.
• I heard a loud caboom coming from the construction site.
• Did you hear that caboom when the car crashed into the wall?
• The caboom of laughter filled the room as the comedian told his jokes.