Bursting
Bursting adjective - Containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible.
Exploding and bursting are semantically related. in breaking open topic. In some cases you can use "Exploding" instead an adjective "Bursting".
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In Farscape, Scorpius wanders through the corridors of his exploding Command Carrier in a state of shock, drifting unharmed past hordes of evacuees, exploding energy conduits, and bursting watertanks.
Source: Strolling Through the Chaos - His characters are Hot-Blooded, prone to suddenly bursting into tears, exploding into rage or cheering wildly and they Never.
Source: Enthusiasm vs. Stoicism -
The Cut scenes that happen during several of his transformations have such lovely features as his eyeballs bursting, his teeth falling out, his arms exploding to make way for wings and so forth.
Source: Painful Transformation
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