explode
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verb (used without object)
1.
to expand with force and noise because of rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder or nitroglycerine ( opposed to implode ).
2.
to burst, fly into pieces, or break up violently with a loud report, as a boiler from excessive pressure of steam.
3.
to burst forth violently or emotionally, especially with noise, laughter, violent speech, etc.: He exploded with rage when contradicted.
4.
Phonetics. (of plosives) to terminate the occlusive phase with a plosion. Compare implode ( def 2 ).
5.
Golf. to play an explosion shot on a golf ball.
verb (used with object)
6.
to cause (gunpowder, a boiler, etc.) to explode.
7.
to cause to be rejected; destroy the repute of; discredit or disprove: to explode a theory.
8.
Phonetics. to end with plosion.
9.
Golf. to play an explosion shot on (a golf ball).
10.
Obsolete. to drive (a player, play, etc.) from the stage by loud expressions of disapprobation.
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Origin:
1530–40; < Latin explōdere to drive off by clapping, drive away, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + plod- variant stem of plaudere to clap, beat
1530–40; < Latin explōdere to drive off by clapping, drive away, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + plod- variant stem of plaudere to clap, beat
Related forms
ex·plod·er, noun
pre·ex·plode, verb, pre·ex·plod·ed, pre·ex·plod·ing.
un·ex·plod·ed, adjective
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explode (ɪkˈspləʊd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to burst or cause to burst with great violence as a result of internal pressure, esp through the detonation of an explosive; blow up |
| 2. | to destroy or be destroyed in this manner: to explode a bridge |
| 3. | (of a gas) to undergo or cause (a gas) to undergo a sudden violent expansion, accompanied by heat, light, a shock wave, and a loud noise, as a result of a fast uncontrolled exothermic chemical or nuclear reaction |
| 4. | (intr) to react suddenly or violently with emotion, etc: to explode with anger |
| 5. | (intr) (esp of a population) to increase rapidly |
| 6. | (tr) to show (a theory, etc) to be baseless; refute and make obsolete |
| 7. | (tr) phonetics to pronounce (a stop) with audible plosion |
| [C16: from Latin explōdere to drive off by clapping, hiss (an actor) off, from | |
| ex'ploder | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
explode
1530s, from L. explodere "drive out or off by clapping," originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," hence "drive out, reject" (a sense surviving in an exploded theory), from ex- "out" + plaudere "to clap, applaud," of uncertain origin. English used it to mean "drive out
with violence and sudden noise" (1650s), later, "go off with a loud noise" (Amer.Eng. 1790); sense of "to burst with destructive force" is first recorded 1882; of population, 1959. Related: Exploded; exploding.
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Example sentences
The bombs have yet to explode, but the fuses have been lit, and there's nothing anyone can do to extinguish them.
Probably someone had told him that dynamite had to be jarred to explode.
No one quite knows in whose hands these little bombs will ultimately explode.
Perhaps it will eventually explode into a devastating trophic cascade and ecological disaster.
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