'Explode' definitions:

Definition of 'explode'

From: WordNet
verb
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: explode, detonate, blow up, set off]
verb
Burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded" [syn: explode, burst] [ant: go off, implode]
verb
Show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"
verb
Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger exploded" [syn: explode, burst forth, break loose]
verb
Destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge"
verb
Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
verb
Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
verb
Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
verb
Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" [syn: detonate, explode, blow up]
verb
Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted" [syn: explode, irrupt]

Definition of 'Explode'

From: GCIDE
  • Explode \Ex*plode"\ ([e^]ks*pl[=o]d"), 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Explode'

From: GCIDE
  • Explode \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.] [1913 Webster]
  • Him old and young Exploded, and seized with violent hands. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. [1913 Webster]
  • Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • To explode and exterminate dark atheism. --Bently. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. [1913 Webster]
  • But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. --Blackmore. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'explode'

From: Moby Thesaurus