explode

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So-called predictions markets - overseen by firms such as Kalshi - have exploded in popularity over the last year, hosting more than $44bn in trades.

From BBC

"Our prices have just absolutely exploded," he says.

From BBC

Heavy elements such as gold and platinum are forged under extraordinary conditions, including when stars collapse, explode, or collide.

From Science Daily

Mohammed Ali, whose family was displaced from Beirut's southern suburbs, told the BBC: "We were sleeping here peacefully and didn't feel anything until something exploded and we woke up in a panic."

From BBC

In his model, some of the exploded material falls back toward the magnetar and forms a tilted accretion disk.

From Science Daily