EXPLODE


Meaning of EXPLODE in English

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a bomb explodes/goes off

Forty people were injured when the bomb exploded.

A 200 pound bomb went off in the car park.

explode with rage ( also fly into a rage ) (= suddenly become very angry )

She knew her father would explode with rage if he found out.

explode/dispel/debunk a myth (= show that it is not true )

Our goal is to debunk the myth that science is boring.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

suddenly

He's apparently unbelievable at doing the possessed Curtis dance, where the quietest of men would suddenly explode into compressed derangement.

Parent and child suddenly explode , screaming and hitting.

Before she could get in another word, a loud noise suddenly exploded from within the house.

By ninth grade the difference suddenly exploded .

■ NOUN

anger

Nicola explodes with anger when she discovers stud boss Andrew has been taking her for a ride.

Who would ever guess from the benign expression on his face that just a moment ago he had been exploding with anger ?

After the hearing, as the vans taking the boys from the court emerged the crowd exploded with anger .

MiloÜ exploded with anger when the letter was read out to him.

As soon as you make a nervous slip, he explodes with anger - humiliating you in front of colleagues.

Normally loving and full of fun, Peter can explode with passionate anger at James and Mary, their fourteen-year-old twins.

bomb

On Jan. 22 two bombs exploded simultaneously in the police headquarters and court buildings in New Delhi, injuring 43 people.

All of the bombs were removed and disabled by the New York Police Department bomb squad before they exploded .

A bomb which exploded in Istanbul's chamber of commerce building on Feb. 20 killed one person and injured 16.

Earlier Monday morning, a letter bomb exploded in the London offices of Al-Hayat, injuring two mail clerks.

A number of petrol bombs exploded harmlessly between the protesters and the security forces.

A police spokesman said the bomb exploded when the passenger bus was passing through the Noorbagh area of north Srinagar.

The player thrown to must try and catch the bomb before it explodes .

Tom Hawthorne was at the Social Security office picking up paperwork for a disabled associate when the bomb exploded .

car

They walked in the street knowing that any of the cars around them might explode .

Meanwhile a car-bomb exploded in SanSebastian, injuring five people.

Around 12 people were killed when a car bomb exploded outside a police station in the Chechen capital, Grozny.

device

Only three of the devices found did not explode .

The device exploded in an underground passageway at the Belorusskaya station, officials said.

An incendiary device exploded setting fire to furniture, but the blaze was brought under control.

A few of these devices should be exploded every year to test whether the refurbishing is working up to snuff.

A blast bomb was thrown but the device failed to explode .

face

According to the above, they will explode in my face .

It would explode in the face of its inventors without that tiny heart of a self.

It was about to explode in her face .

The custard explodes over your face .

fire

Small blooms of fire exploded all around the sandbagged post and the steel door, the defenders huddling down for cover.

She was set on fire by a shell exploding among the cotton with which her engines were protected.

firework

Police arrested 12 people in the city centre before the match and fireworks continued to explode throughout the game.

If nothing else, it will be a great spot to watch the annual Fourth of July fireworks , exploding far below.

He was standing in the dark, in front of a picture window, fireworks exploding silently behind him.

The fireworks were still exploding when the procession came to an end over in hour later.

A fireworks factory exploded in Guangdong, killing many workers.

head

The thought went exploding through Shiona's head , winding her, driving the strength from her body.

One of the bullets explodes in the head of the 3-year-old girl sleeping in the back seat.

His incompletely assembled weapon exploded , smothering his head , arms and shoulders in a mass of flames.

myth

First, they explode various current myths .

The report explodes the myth that men are the bed-hopping rogues while the little woman waits at home.

This series sets out to explode the myth that some are impossible to keep.

At last, I thought, some one is willing to explode the myth that thin equals sexy!

It explodes the myth prevalent among pupils at school that history graduates mainly become history teachers.

It is therefore time to explode another myth .

Unusual position though it is, let me defend Ratner by exploding a couple of myths .

plane

Seconds after Andrews had dragged away the pilot, the plane exploded , and was reduced to a smouldering wreck.

As Burn tried to tend him the plane exploded .

shell

Two howitzer shells exploded a few paces from his horse, both blasts beginning small fires among the rye.

A shell exploded just in front of me, and just over a woman as she ran across the street.

On impact the shells explode in a fire ball, producing a fine dust.

She was set on fire by a shell exploding among the cotton with which her engines were protected.

A shell had exploded in the body of one of them, tearing it to pieces; others were torn and wounded.

They were devising a sea shell that would explode when he went swimming.

tank

He was welding on top of a 900 ton oil storage tank which exploded , hurling him 120 feet into a wall.

The fuel tanks had exploded and the temperature in the burning fuselage was 2,000 degrees centigrade.

violence

Or at least he did until the frenzy of violence that exploded here last week.

■ VERB

cause

Weaknesses in the casting methods can leave minute cracks or other deficiencies which cause them to explode when fired.

Dexter moved his chair over the kitchen tiles causing a squeak that exploded round the kitchen.

The poor-quality steel can affect accuracy and occasionally causes a barrel to explode .

However, it is thought that that can cause imperfections in the glass which sometimes cause it to explode without warning.

fail

It failed to explode only because of a faulty detonator.

Gunpowder can fail to ignite or explode prematurely.

seem

Love and joy seemed to explode inside her, threatening to spill over into cries of happiness.

In those weeks, my life seemed to have exploded .

On top of this, the environmental time bomb that has been ticking away for years now seems ready to explode .

And, as their pressure increased, Laura felt a brilliant light seeming to explode in both her mind and body.

Alex grinned mightily, so proud of her he seemed about to explode .

My hand seemed to explode and I think I must have screamed.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

"Country music's popularity has exploded," says Billy Dean.

"Damn it!" Bill exploded. "Don't push me, Harry."

A fight exploded at the roller-skating rink last Friday.

Firefighters were called when a gas tank exploded in the back yard of a home on Clayton Road.

In 1949 the USSR exploded its first atomic bomb.

Investigators still don't what caused the storage tanks to explode .

Seconds after the car crashed, its fuel tank exploded.

The report explodes the myth that men are bed-hopping rogues.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Another stun grenade was thrown in and a third soldier hurled himself through the window after it, before it had exploded.

I heard the whoosh, and it exploded to our left.

If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode .

Sly shot a glance at Zimmerman, who was obviously getting ready to explode .

So far, only the sound of exploding ammo occasionally popped over the sound of the Huey.

We had one hit with mines and incoming rounds, but we never had one explode , even when pressurized.

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