finally explode
Frequency: 7.01.5 per million words
To explode after a period of tension or build-up.
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Examples (10)
- After weeks of tension, the argument finally exploded at the family dinner.
- The pressure had been building for months before it finally exploded into violence.
- His anger finally exploded when he heard the unfair decision.
- The scandal finally exploded into public view after years of cover-up.
- She kept her emotions bottled up until they finally exploded in tears.
- The political crisis finally exploded into open conflict.
- Their relationship problems finally exploded during the vacation.
- The neighborhood dispute finally exploded into a heated confrontation.
- His frustration with the system finally exploded at the meeting.
- The long-simmering resentment finally exploded between the two groups.