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ex⋅plode

  [ik-splohd] verb, -plod⋅ed, -plod⋅ing.
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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, esp. 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.
Origin:
1530–40; < L explōdere to drive off by clapping, drive away, equiv. to ex- ex- 1 + plod- var. s. of plaudere to clap, beat

Related forms:
ex⋅plod⋅er, noun
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ex·plode   (ĭk-splōd')   
v.   ex·plod·ed, ex·plod·ing, ex·plodes

v.   intr.
  1. To release mechanical, chemical, or nuclear energy by the sudden production of gases in a confined space: The bomb exploded.
  2. To burst violently as a result of internal pressure.
  3. To shatter with a loud noise: The vase exploded into tiny pieces when it hit the floor.
  4. To make an emotional outburst: My neighbor exploded in rage at the trespassers.
  5. To increase suddenly, sharply, and without control: The population level in this area has exploded during the past 12 years.
  6. To change state or appearance suddenly: Over the weekend the trees exploded with color.
  7. Sports To hit a golf ball out of a sand trap with a shot that scatters the sand.
v.   tr.
  1. To cause to release energy or burst violently and noisily: The children exploded three firecrackers.
  2. To show to be false or unreliable: explode a hypothesis.
  3. Sports To hit (a golf ball) out of a sand trap with an explosive shot.

[Latin explōdere, to drive out by clapping : ex-, ex- + plaudere, to clap.]
ex·plod'er n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Exploder

Ex*plod"er\, n. 1. One who or that which explodes.

2. One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt. --South.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Exploder

n. Used within Microsoft to refer to the Windows Explorer, the interface component of Windows 95 and WinNT
4. Our spies report that most of the heavy guns at MS came from a Unix background and use command line utilities; even they are scornful of the over-gingerbreaded WIMP environments that they have been called upon to create.
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