let sth off
— phrasal verb with let uk/let/us/let/verb present participle letting, past tense and past participle let
to fire a gun, or to make something such as a bomb or fireworks explode:
Don't let off fireworks near the house.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Detonation & bombardment
- air raid
- airstrike
- blanket bombing
- blitz
- blitz
- detonator
- direct hit
- dive-bomb
- firebomb
- first strike
- go off
- let loose sth idiom
- mine
- shoot
- shoot sth down
- shooting
- strafe
- strike
- strike home idiom
- torpedo
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