The gatekeeper's wife watched from their cabin as the dam exploded upward.

Within a month of each of those dates, stock prices exploded upward.

Qiwi exploded upward, the blade of her hand just missing the other's neck.

Energy exploded upward from his hands, held high above his head.

He stared into the fire, and the flames exploded upward with a mighty roar.

Nobody seemed to know quite why the market was exploding upward.

A spray of dark water exploded upward like a fountain as the creature burst from the waves.

Then the blue sand exploded upward in a puff of displaced air.

The courtyard exploded upward in a great tower of flame.

From somewhere on the far side, a jet of water exploded upward, trying to reach the fiery top levels.