5
backfire(noun, discharge, blast, reaction, bang)
5
blaze(noun, flash, spark, outbreak, sparkle)
5
ebullition(noun, crash, storm, surge, sickness)
5
fusillade(noun, attack, wave, outburst, eruption)
5
scene(noun, fit, anger, resentment, surge)
4
blow up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, violence, crash)
4
bursting(noun, crash, storm, surge, rash)
4
convulsion(noun, trouble, disorder, fit, shock)
4
expansion(noun, spread, propagation)
4
increase(noun, spread, upsurge, propagation)
4
ruckus(noun, trouble, disorder, shock, confusion)
4
rush(noun, violence, draft, wave, outburst)
4
seizure(noun, fit, spasm, convulsion)
4
shot(noun, sound, blow, report, blast)
4
thunder(noun, sound, report, crack, crash)
4
upheaval(noun, trouble, change, disorder, shock)
3
bark(noun, sounds)
3
blow(noun, failure, crash, draft, surge)
3
collapse
3
firing(noun, discharge, blast, bang, eruption)
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