Bomb Meaning Firework Explodes Synonym Heard Lots People

Meaning: If a bomb or a firework goes off, it explodes.

• go off After the bomb went off, we heard lots of people screaming and shouting.
  
  
• go off Stan had some serious burns on his hands after some powerful fireworks went off while he was carrying them.
  
  

Nouns often used as subjects with go off (2): bomb, grenade, gun, land mine, fireworks, cracker