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The phrase "explosion went off" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe the occurrence of an explosion, often in a dramatic or sudden context.
Example: "The explosion went off just as the crowd was leaving the stadium, causing panic among the spectators."
Alternatives: "the explosion occurred" or "the blast happened."
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"The explosion went off.
Then a huge explosion went off.
"An explosion went off," the police told the agency.
"But sadly, the explosion went off before she was isolated".
A small atomic explosion went off in every cell.
As people gathered for rescue work, another explosion went off, wounding at least 19 people.
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I heard her girlish voice; then I heard the sounds of gunfire, and of an explosion going off nearby.
When an explosion goes off in the cafeteria kitchen, Rose faces a horrific moral choice, and her actions cause an uproar in her idyllic suburban community.
"Cocaine and ego," Neil Young once reliably informed me, "You put the two together and it's like an explosion going off".
"Hear it: that's historical silence," the real estate agent (Sandra Nedeleff) chatters before a booby-trap explosion goes off, setting the plot in motion.
Photograph: MetroWest Daily News/Ken McGagh/Reuters Officials react as the first explosion goes off on Boylston Street near the finish line of the 117th Boston Marathon.
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