At that moment everything in the room seemed to explode.
The word seemed to explode from the lips of the President.
His fist seemed to explode in the center of her face.
The air in front of him seemed to explode into fragments.
And, since he spoke for the first time, his heavy voice seemed to explode in the room.
When he opened his eyes again, images seemed to explode at him.
The warmth of the sun seemed to explode within her.
His mouth opened, but before he could get out the first order, the afternoon seemed to explode around him.
The plates did not seem to explode one after the other but rather all at once.
The building seems to explode, but there is no debris.