Sth Meaning Make Explode Synonym Detonate Year's Eve

Meaning: to make something explode

• let off sth On New Year's Eve, people around here let off fireworks and bursts of gunfire, so it can get very noisy.
  
  
• let sth off The government soldiers let some tear gas off, and the protesters started running in all directions.
  
  

Nouns often used as objects with let off (2): fireworks, firecracker, bomb, grenade, flare, burst of gunfire