Explode
The crossword clue "Explode" is answered by DETONATE, a 8-letter entry. Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
DETONATE
8 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DETONATE answer page.
Used 12 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DETONATE
Every other clue in this collection answered by DETONATE, most used first.
- Set off - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
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