'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
- 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