verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bomb explodes/goes off
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Forty people were injured when the bomb exploded.
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A 200 pound bomb went off in the car park.
explode with rage ( also fly into a rage ) (= suddenly become very angry )
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She knew her father would explode with rage if he found out.
explode/dispel/debunk a myth (= show that it is not true )
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Our goal is to debunk the myth that science is boring.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
suddenly
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He's apparently unbelievable at doing the possessed Curtis dance, where the quietest of men would suddenly explode into compressed derangement.
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Parent and child suddenly explode , screaming and hitting.
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Before she could get in another word, a loud noise suddenly exploded from within the house.
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By ninth grade the difference suddenly exploded .
■ NOUN
anger
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Nicola explodes with anger when she discovers stud boss Andrew has been taking her for a ride.
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Who would ever guess from the benign expression on his face that just a moment ago he had been exploding with anger ?
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After the hearing, as the vans taking the boys from the court emerged the crowd exploded with anger .
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MiloÜ exploded with anger when the letter was read out to him.
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As soon as you make a nervous slip, he explodes with anger - humiliating you in front of colleagues.
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Normally loving and full of fun, Peter can explode with passionate anger at James and Mary, their fourteen-year-old twins.
bomb
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On Jan. 22 two bombs exploded simultaneously in the police headquarters and court buildings in New Delhi, injuring 43 people.
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All of the bombs were removed and disabled by the New York Police Department bomb squad before they exploded .
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A bomb which exploded in Istanbul's chamber of commerce building on Feb. 20 killed one person and injured 16.
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Earlier Monday morning, a letter bomb exploded in the London offices of Al-Hayat, injuring two mail clerks.
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A number of petrol bombs exploded harmlessly between the protesters and the security forces.
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A police spokesman said the bomb exploded when the passenger bus was passing through the Noorbagh area of north Srinagar.
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The player thrown to must try and catch the bomb before it explodes .
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Tom Hawthorne was at the Social Security office picking up paperwork for a disabled associate when the bomb exploded .
car
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They walked in the street knowing that any of the cars around them might explode .
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Meanwhile a car-bomb exploded in SanSebastian, injuring five people.
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Around 12 people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a police station in the Chechen capital, Grozny.
device
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Only three of the devices found did not explode .
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The device exploded in an underground passageway at the Belorusskaya station, officials said.
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An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture, but the blaze was brought under control.
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A few of these devices should be exploded every year to test whether the refurbishing is working up to snuff.
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A blast bomb was thrown but the device failed to explode .
face
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According to the above, they will explode in my face .
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It would explode in the face of its inventors without that tiny heart of a self.
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It was about to explode in her face .
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The custard explodes over your face .
fire
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Small blooms of fire exploded all around the sandbagged post and the steel door, the defenders huddling down for cover.
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She was set on fire by a shell exploding among the cotton with which her engines were protected.
firework
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Police arrested 12 people in the city centre before the match and fireworks continued to explode throughout the game.
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If nothing else, it will be a great spot to watch the annual Fourth of July fireworks , exploding far below.
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He was standing in the dark, in front of a picture window, fireworks exploding silently behind him.
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The fireworks were still exploding when the procession came to an end over in hour later.
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A fireworks factory exploded in Guangdong, killing many workers.
head
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The thought went exploding through Shiona's head , winding her, driving the strength from her body.
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One of the bullets explodes in the head of the 3-year-old girl sleeping in the back seat.
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His incompletely assembled weapon exploded , smothering his head , arms and shoulders in a mass of flames.
myth
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First, they explode various current myths .
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The report explodes the myth that men are the bed-hopping rogues while the little woman waits at home.
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This series sets out to explode the myth that some are impossible to keep.
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At last, I thought, some one is willing to explode the myth that thin equals sexy!
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It explodes the myth prevalent among pupils at school that history graduates mainly become history teachers.
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It is therefore time to explode another myth .
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Unusual position though it is, let me defend Ratner by exploding a couple of myths .
plane
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Seconds after Andrews had dragged away the pilot, the plane exploded , and was reduced to a smouldering wreck.
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As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded .
shell
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Two howitzer shells exploded a few paces from his horse, both blasts beginning small fires among the rye.
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A shell exploded just in front of me, and just over a woman as she ran across the street.
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On impact the shells explode in a fire ball, producing a fine dust.
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She was set on fire by a shell exploding among the cotton with which her engines were protected.
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A shell had exploded in the body of one of them, tearing it to pieces; others were torn and wounded.
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They were devising a sea shell that would explode when he went swimming.
tank
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He was welding on top of a 900 ton oil storage tank which exploded , hurling him 120 feet into a wall.
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The fuel tanks had exploded and the temperature in the burning fuselage was 2,000 degrees centigrade.
violence
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Or at least he did until the frenzy of violence that exploded here last week.
■ VERB
cause
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Weaknesses in the casting methods can leave minute cracks or other deficiencies which cause them to explode when fired.
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Dexter moved his chair over the kitchen tiles causing a squeak that exploded round the kitchen.
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The poor-quality steel can affect accuracy and occasionally causes a barrel to explode .
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However, it is thought that that can cause imperfections in the glass which sometimes cause it to explode without warning.
fail
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It failed to explode only because of a faulty detonator.
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Gunpowder can fail to ignite or explode prematurely.
seem
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Love and joy seemed to explode inside her, threatening to spill over into cries of happiness.
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In those weeks, my life seemed to have exploded .
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On top of this, the environmental time bomb that has been ticking away for years now seems ready to explode .
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And, as their pressure increased, Laura felt a brilliant light seeming to explode in both her mind and body.
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Alex grinned mightily, so proud of her he seemed about to explode .
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My hand seemed to explode and I think I must have screamed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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"Country music's popularity has exploded," says Billy Dean.
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"Damn it!" Bill exploded. "Don't push me, Harry."
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A fight exploded at the roller-skating rink last Friday.
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Firefighters were called when a gas tank exploded in the back yard of a home on Clayton Road.
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In 1949 the USSR exploded its first atomic bomb.
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Investigators still don't what caused the storage tanks to explode .
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Seconds after the car crashed, its fuel tank exploded.
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The report explodes the myth that men are bed-hopping rogues.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it, before it had exploded.
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I heard the whoosh, and it exploded to our left.
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If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode .
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Sly shot a glance at Zimmerman, who was obviously getting ready to explode .
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So far, only the sound of exploding ammo occasionally popped over the sound of the Huey.
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We had one hit with mines and incoming rounds, but we never had one explode , even when pressurized.