explode

(eg. literature, sign, critical )

explode /ɪks ˈploʊd/ ?

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(v) cause to burst with a violent release of energy
(v) burst outward, usually with noise
(v) show a violent emotional reaction
(v) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
(v) destroy by exploding
(v) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
(v) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
(v) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
(v) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
(v) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner

Israel occupies the West Bank town of Ramallah, as terror continues to explode at home.
They cannot explode under any circumstance which gas engineers can imagine.
The West Virginia and the California started to explode in a chain reaction.

"The president wants to make the tax cuts permanent even though all the forecasts show that will explode the debt right at the time the baby boomers retire," Senate Budget Committee Chairman Kent Conrad, DN.D., said in an interview Sunday....
on Feb 3, 2007 By: Kent Conrad Source: USA Today
"I felt a bomb explode in my right front tire," Vickers said. "I just went down into the tri-oval and it didn't cut or go flat - it exploded. I saw the right front fender going through the air before the front of the car even dropped. It was...
on Oct 5, 2008 By: Brian Vickers Source: International Herald Tribune