See blowout in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
A violent release of confined energy, usually accompanied by a loud sound and shock waves:
blast, blowup, burst, detonation, explosion, fulmination. See explosionA big, exuberant party:
celebration, shindig, shindy. (Slang) bash, blast. See group, restraint, workLearn more about blowout