Often there was an outburst of color, as if designers finally exploded.

Mom's face got darker with every word until she finally exploded.

And she stood there watching until the car finally exploded.

It finally exploded into a war between the two.

I remember that on the night it finally exploded we all slithered down to the beach to watch.

He moved forward and the powder finally exploded, sending a ball over his head.

After a moment spent listening to it, the captain finally exploded.

All the pressures that had been building within him finally exploded.

Racial tensions finally exploded in the race riot of 1943.

But it was not until the autumn of 1981 that the bombshell finally exploded.