explode
Example Sentences
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The risk that January evening was from an experimental SpaceX rocket ship that exploded minutes after liftoff.
The Younger Dryas hypothesis proposes that around 12,800 years ago, fragments of a comet exploded above Earth, setting off a sudden global cooling episode known as the Younger Dryas.
From Science Daily
The event has exploded on social media, often attracting over 100 participants on warm summer nights.
From Los Angeles Times
Everything slowed to a snail's pace and the backlog exploded.
From BBC
County failed to issue evacuation orders for the western half of Altadena until more than nine hours after the Eaton fire exploded.
From Los Angeles Times
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