@Tony
This is a trial version of what we have in Russia — they call explosions (including major ones) "pops" here!
I'm kidding you not! For the lack of better source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavovna
The article is mostly about the war in Ukraine, but it started much earlier — the article mentions that.
These euphemism are bad and transform the society in real ugly ways, it was an important stepping stone to calling the war "special military operation".