verb
- Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.
- usage: "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
- Burst outward, usually with noise.
- usage: "The champagne bottle exploded"
- Show a violent emotional reaction.
- usage: "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"
- synonyms: explode
- Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise.
- usage: "His anger exploded"
- synonyms: explode, burst forth, break loose
- Destroy by exploding.
- usage: "The enemy exploded the bridge"
- synonyms: explode
- Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/.
- synonyms: explode
- Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval.
- synonyms: explode
- Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete.
- synonyms: explode
- (v.) ()
- Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner.
- usage: "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
adjective
- Showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another.
- usage: "the manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus"
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