Search Result for "explode a bombshell":
Wordnet 3.0

VERB (1)

1. utter or do something surprising;
- Example: "Father exploded a bombshell when he forbade us to go to the prom"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

explode a bombshell
    v 1: utter or do something surprising; "Father exploded a
         bombshell when he forbade us to go to the prom"