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Explode

verb

(past & past part. exploded; pres. part. exploding)

Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. Synonyms: blow up, detonate, set off.

Burst outward, usually with noise. Synonym: burst.

Show a violent emotional reaction.

Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise. Synonyms: break loose, burst forth.

Destroy by exploding.

Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/.

Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval.

Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete.

Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction. Synonyms: blow up, detonate. "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

10.

Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner. Synonym: irrupt. "The island's rodent population irrupted"

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"Explode" Quotes from Famous Books

... she cried, running toward him, you must not risk it. It is bad enough that we should risk our lives. But strangers must not. Think, Professor Kennedy. Suppose the bomb should explode at a touch! Had we not better call the police and let them take the risk, even if it does get ...

— The Poisoned Pen • Arthur B. Reeve

... filled and was swaying savagely at its anchorage. A strong wind was blowing, and Mr. Lawrence, who had charge of the ascension, was apprehensive. He feared to fill the balloon to its capacity lest the expansion of the gas due to the hot sun should explode it. ...

— In Africa - Hunting Adventures in the Big Game Country • John T. McCutcheon

... He could explode at a moment's notice into a burst of rage which sometimes made itself felt for hours, and perhaps when the next day came he had forgotten all about it and greeted those who were its especial objects with hilarious good-humor. There were many anecdotes told ...

— A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume IV (of 4) • Justin McCarthy and Justin Huntly McCarthy

... at once, and her silent severity came to the surface of her mother's consciousness so painfully that it was rather a relief to have her explode, "Mother, I will thank you not to discuss my ...

— The Daughter of the Storage - And Other Things in Prose and Verse • William Dean Howells

... person as men who might some day be found useful, for he did not allow the many favours of fortune to blind him to the real danger of his position. "A vizier," he was answered, "resembles a man wrapped in costly furs, but he sits on a barrel of powder, which only requires a spark to explode it." The Divan granted all the concessions which Ali demanded, affecting ignorance of his projects of revolt and his intelligence with the enemies of the State; but then apparent weakness was merely prudent temporising. It was considered that Ali, already advanced in years, could ...

— CELEBRATED CRIMES, COMPLETE - ALI PACHA • ALEXANDRE DUMAS, PERE

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