went off
Alarm clock sounded
Went off captures something suddenly activating or releasing.
An alarm went off, a bomb went off, a gun went off.
Food that has gone off has spoiled: The milk went off.
In British slang, to go off someone or something is to lose interest: I've gone off him lately.
If a person went off, they lost their temper or launched into speech: She went off on me about the dishes.
An event that went off well proceeded smoothly.
- blew upBurst from pressure
- detonatedCaused to explode
- explodedBurst violently outward
- eruptedBurst out violently
- beepedMade a short electronic sound
curdled · activated · sounded · spoiled · rang · burst · departed · absconded · soured · lashed out · lost it · blew a fuse · hit the roof · stormed · chimed · triggered · fumed · snapped