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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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Word Origin & History

explode 
1538, 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. Eng. used it to mean "drive out with violence and sudden noise" (1660), later, "go off with a loud noise" (Amer.Eng. 1790); sense of "to burst with destructive force" is first recorded 1882; of population, 1959.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ex·plode
Pronunciation: ik-'splOd
Function: verb
Inflected Forms: ex·plod·ed; ex·plod·ing
transitive senses
: to cause to explode or burst noisily <explode dynamite> <explode a bomb> explode intransitive senses
: toundergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction with the production of noise, heat, and violent expansion of gases explodes> explodes>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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