1) Blast 2) Destroy 3) Explode 4) Gooff 5) Ignite 6) Set off 1) Blow 2) Blow up 3) Cause to explode 4) Change integrity 5) Explode 6) Explode violently 7) Explode with suddenness 8) Explode with violence 9) Go off 10) Light the fuse 11) Push a certain plunger 12) Push a plunger 13) Set off 14) Set off an explosion 15) Set off the charge 16) To cause to explode 
• (v. t.) To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report. • (v. i.) To explode with a sudden report; as, niter detonates with sulphur.
Det'o·nate transitive verb To cause to explode; to cause to burn or inflame with a sudden report. Det'o·nate intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Detonated ; present participle & verbal noun Detonating .] [ Latin detonare , intransitive verb , to thunder down; de + tonare to thunder; akin to English 
[v] - explode
detonate 1. To produce a loud noise by the sudden liberation of gas in connexion with chemical decomposition or combination; to explode with a sudden loud report (as when heated or struck). 2. To cause to explode with a sudden loud report, as a result of the act of a chemical decomposition or combination.
blow up 3 set off verb cause to burst with a violent release of energy; `We exploded the nuclear bomb`