Cancel and Explode

Cancel

Cancel verb - To put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to).

Explode and cancel are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Explode" instead a verb "Cancel".

Explode

Explode verb - To break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure.

Cancel and explode are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cancel" instead a verb "Explode".

Common collocations

attack cancel attack explode attack
turn cancel turn explode turn
time cancel time explode time
spell cancel spell explode spell
Other words: damage, bullets.

Both words in one sentence

  • Beam-O-War Averted in Magicka where beams containing opposite elements will explode and obliterate anything within a few feet and cancel the casting of beams while beams containing matching elements combine to become stronger.
    Source: Beam-O-War
  • Rasputinian Death She rigs about four or five different things to happen (pills, hanging, a stove rigged to explode, a gun triggered to a door, etc.) but they cancel each other out through a fluke accident when her husband bursts into the room.
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