The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word EXPLODES
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What does EXPLODES mean?
EXPLODES verb- To destroy with an explosion.
- To destroy violently or abruptly.
- To create an exploded view of.
- To disprove or debunk.
- To blast, to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
- To make a violent or emotional outburst.
- To increase suddenly.
- (PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
- To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
- To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.