vybouchnout — meaning in English

English meaning

• bomb noun An explosive device designed to cause damage or destruction.
• go off phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.

Senses

vybouchnout is used for these senses in English:

• blow up in one's face (intransitive, idiomatic) To fail disastrously.
• bomb (ambitransitive) To fail dismally.
• go off (intransitive) To explode.

bomb — full definition

1. noun An explosive device designed to cause damage or destruction.
2. verb To attack a place using bombs.
3. verb To fail badly, especially a performance or attempt.
4. adj Informal for excellent or impressive.

go off — full definition

1. phrasal verb To speak or act with sudden intense energy — either ranting angrily or performing brilliantly. Which one is meant depends entirely on tone.
2. phrasal verb Of a bomb, gun or firework, to explode or be fired; of an alarm or alert, to start sounding.
3. phrasal verb Of food or drink, to become unfit to eat through spoiling.

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