Explode and Rupture

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Explode

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

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Rupture is a synonym for explode in blow up topic. In some cases you can use "Rupture" instead a verb "Explode", when it comes to topics like detonate.

Nearby Words: explosion, explosive, exploding, explosively, exploder

Rupture

Rupture verb - Separate or cause to separate abruptly.

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Explode is a synonym for rupture in detonate topic. Sometimes you can use "Explode" instead a verb "Rupture".

Nearby Words: ruptured, rupturing

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heart	explode heart	rupture heart
ground	explode ground	rupture ground
time	explode time	rupture time
universe	explode universe	rupture universe
Other words: opponent, tank.

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A serious case of Don't Try This at Home, because there's a very real risk that the flames will heat the canister up enough for it to rupture and explode.

Source: Aerosol Flamethrower
Disturbing them causes them to rupture, and revealing the cause of the crew's deaths as the police officers' chests explode!

Source: Film / Contamination
The bomb doesn't explode: it creates an oversized, circular slipspace rupture which, since it is in space and the released antimatter does not explode as it does in the above example, cleanly removes about a third of the ship around its center.

Source: Sphere of Destruction

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