Detonate
Detonate verb - To break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure.
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Split and detonate are semantically related In some cases you can use "Split" instead a verb "Detonate".
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That's SATuration NUclear Cluster; a round splits into submunitions over the target, each of which takes a split second to aim, and then detonate, producing a shaped charge of nuclear plasma.
Source: Tank Goodness - He is confronted by the Circle's leader and makes a split-second decision to detonate the charge right next to him, killing the leader and defeating the army, but also dying in the process.
Source: Heroic Sacrifice / Video Games -
Modern torpedoes, which all use proximity fuses rather than needing to stike the target, ideally detonate a short distance below the keel of a vessel "breaking its back" under the target's own weight, causing the ship to split in two and sink relatively rapidly.
Source: One-Hit Kill
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Split and Detonate. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/detonate/split
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Split or Detonate. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/detonate/split.
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