kablooie
Sudden loud destruction
Kablooie is an exclamation imitating the sound of an explosion or sudden destruction.
It dramatizes something going spectacularly wrong or falling apart: The whole plan went kablooie.
Sometimes spelled kablooey.
The word belongs to a family of comic-book sound effects that have migrated into casual speech.
boom
Loud deep sound
blam · whump · bang · kerblam · splat · wham · crash · smash · thud · whomp
blast
Sudden forceful burst
erupt · demolish · shatter · dynamite · fireball · mushroom cloud · debris · shrapnel · obliterate · combustion
fail
Be unsuccessful
- crashSudden violent impact
- break downFail mechanically or emotionally
- fizzleFail after promising start
kaput · bust · die · conk out · short-circuit · meltdown · glitch · sputter · collapse · implode
explosive intensity
kablooiefizzle
Fail after promising start
whimper · pfft · fizzle out · sputter · peter out