pop

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of POP

to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure <a balloon popped suddenly and startled us all>

Synonyms blow, blow up, burst, crump, detonate, go off, pop

Related Words fragment, shatter, smash, splinter; discharge, fire, shoot; balloon, burgeon (also bourgeon), mushroom

Near Antonyms collapse, fizzle

Antonyms implode

to break suddenly with an explosive sound <the last strand popped, causing the chandelier to drop to the floor with a great crash>

Synonyms pop, snap

Related Words rend, rive, split; crackle, hiss, sizzle, sputter; burst, explode, shatter; clack, clatter, click

to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive <popping popcorn over a campfire>

Synonyms blow, blow up, burst, demolish, explode, pop, shatter, smash

Related Words dynamite; annihilate, decimate, destroy; ruin, wreck; detonate, discharge; fragment, splinter

Near Antonyms collapse, implode

to strike with a missile from a gun <went into the woods hoping to pop the rabbit that was eating our vegetables>

Synonyms drill, gun, plug, pop

Related Words blow away, bring down, drop, pick off, shoot down; blaze, pepper, potshot, snipe (at); blast (at), fire (at); pistol, shotgun; machine-gun, tommy-gun; croak [slang], destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, ice [slang], kill, slay; annihilate, blot out, butcher, decimate, massacre, slaughter, wipe out

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