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Explode
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What's The Definition Of Explode?
[v] increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"
[v] burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded" [v] be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise, as of an emotion or an expression of emotion; "His anger exploded" [v] cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [v] show to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete, as of a new theory or claim [v] show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary" [v] drive from the stage by noisy disapproval [v] cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ [v] "I could hear rifles explode" [v] destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge" Synonyms | Synonyms for Explode: blow up | break loose | burst | burst forth | set off Related Terms | Find terms related to Explode: backfire | bang | bark | be angry | be excitable | belie | bellow | blast | blow a fuse | blow a gasket | blow out | blow sky-high | blow up | break out | burst | burst forth | bust | catch fire | catch the infection | coal | come apart | come to nothing | crack | debunk | deflate | detonate | discharge | disconfirm | discredit | disprove | erupt | excite easily | expose | fail miserably | feed | fill up | fire | fire up | fizz out | fizzle | fizzle out | flame up | flare up | flash up | flip | fly apart | fly out | freak out | fuel | fuel up | fulminate | get excited | get nowhere | go into hysterics | go off | go phut | hang up | have a tantrum | hit the ceiling | invalidate | let off | misfire | mushroom | negate | negative | oil | poop out | pop | prove the contrary | puncture | rage | ramp | rant | rant and rave | rave | refuel | refute | reject | repudiate | run a temperature | seethe | set off | shoot | show up | smolder | stoke | storm | take fire | top off | touch off | turn a hair | undercut See Also | articulate | belch | boo | change integrity | change state | condemn | confute | crump | destroy | detonate | discharge | disprove | dynamite | enounce | enunciate | erupt | explode | extravasate | fire | fulminate | go off | hiss | increase | pronounce | react | respond | ruin | say | sound out | turn Explode In Webster's Dictionary \Ex*plode"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out,
drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to
clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.]
1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or
vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder
explodes.
2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a
shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a
boiler from too great pressure of steam.
3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at
this, his wrath exploded.
\Ex*plode"\, v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. [Obs.] Him old and young Exploded, and seized with violent hands. --Milton. 2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. --Burke. To explode and exterminate dark atheism. --Bently. 3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire. 4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. --Blackmore. |
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