EXPLODE


Meaning of EXPLODE in English

ikˈsplōd, ek- verb

( -ed/-ing/-s )

Etymology: Latin explodere, explaudere, from ex- ex- (I) + plodere, plaudere to clap, applaud

transitive verb

1. archaic : to drive from the stage by noisy disapproval : hoot off

2. : to expose decisively the hollowness or invalidity of : bring into disrepute or discredit

exploding conventional theories of courtship and marriage — H.L.Myers

explode a rumor

3.

a. : to cause to explode or burst noisily : detonate

explode powder

explode a bomb

b. : to cause the fibers of (wood chips) to separate into pulp under high steam pressure which is suddenly released

c. : to hit (a golf ball) out of a sand trap with an explosion shot

d. : to separate the covers and panes or leaves of (a stamp booklet) by removing the staples

e. : to utter with explosion (sense 2d)

intransitive verb

1.

a.

(1) : to undergo rapid combustion with sudden release of energy in the form of heat that causes violent expansion of the gases formed and consequent production of great disruptive pressure and a loud noise

dynamite explodes

(2) : to undergo an atomic nuclear reaction with similar but more violent results

an atom bomb explodes

(3) : to burst violently as a reuslt of pressure from within

a steam boiler may explode

b. : to hit a golf ball out of a sand trap with an explosion shot

2. : to give a sudden, strong, and usually noisy release to an emotion : burst forth

exploded with wrath

race tension was exploding all around us — H.W.Young

he is apt to explode into picturesque profanity — Carl Markwith

3. : to resound with a sudden loud noise

4. : to shatter especially with a loud report

threw a glass on the stone floor and it exploded like a shot — Jean Stafford

5. : to suggest an explosion (as in appearance or effect)

clay jars exploded with bouquets — Jack Kerouac

a clever aphorism … explodes with a brilliant shower of sparks — V.L.Parrington

the road inches deep in rough ice and the blizzard exploding in the middle of the windshield — Joyce Cary

when your fist explodes against the target — Jack Dempsey

6.

a. : to change state or appearance expansively and suddenly or rapidly

touched by a flicker of flame, the parched woods explode — W.B.Greeley

: break or burst forth

maples have exploded into clouds of rosy buds — Walter O'Meara

explode into a grin

suburbs are exploding outward — New Republic

b. : to come to a sudden violent breaking point or point of release

this situation at last explodes in an overt action — Howard Nemerov

- explode a bombshell

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