Explode
[ɪk'spləʊd;ek-] or [ɪk'splod]
Definition
(verb.) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; 'The population of India is exploding'; 'The island's rodent population irrupted'.
(verb.) burst outward, usually with noise; 'The champagne bottle exploded'.
(verb.) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; 'His anger exploded'.
(verb.) cause to burst with a violent release of energy; 'We exploded the nuclear bomb'.
(verb.) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete.
(verb.) show a violent emotional reaction; 'The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary'.
(verb.) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval.
(verb.) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/.
(verb.) destroy by exploding; 'The enemy exploded the bridge'.
Editor: Lou--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.
(v. i.) To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.
(v. i.) To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.
(v. t.) To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play.
(v. t.) To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine.
(v. t.) To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire.
(v. t.) To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
Edited by Barton
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Discharge, burst, displode, detonate.[2]. Discard, repudiate, scout, scorn, contemn, cry down, treat with contempt, bring into disrepute.
v. n. Burst, displode, detonate, be discharged.
Checked by Evan
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See BURST]
Checker: Sherman
Definition
v.t. to cry down as an actor: to bring into disrepute and reject: to cause to blow up.—v.i. to burst with a loud report: to burst into laughter.—p.adj. Explō′ded rejected discarded.—n. Explō′sion act of exploding: a sudden violent burst with a loud report: a breaking out of feelings &c.—adj. Explō′sive liable to or causing explosion: bursting out with violence and noise.—n. something that will explode.—adv. Explō′sively.—n. Explō′siveness.
Typist: Sharif
Examples
- If we can get them on that mine, and explode it in good time, the siege will be over, replied his nephew decisively. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- You have noticed that their bullets explode when they strike an object? Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Sherman at once ordered his prisoners to the front, moving them in a compact body in advance, to either explode the torpedoes or dig them up. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- A small _electric battery_ has been placed in the stock to explode the cartridge when the trigger is pulled. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- There had been great consternation in Petersburg, as we were well aware, about a rumored mine that we were going to explode. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- You wave your hand as a signal, and I touch this button, when the mine will explode in a second. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Manton’s British patent No. 4,285, of 1818, describes a thin copper tube filled with fulminate and struck sidewise by the hammer to explode it. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Have they always exploded? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- I poured in a beakerful of water, and the whole thing exploded and threw a lot of it into my eyes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This was accomplished by fastening a charge of gunpowder in such a way that when exploded it would break the partition and mix the solutions. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The rabbit exploded in a wild rush round the hutch. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- One night, or about two o'clock in the morning, a policeman came in and said that something had exploded at the corner of William and Nassau streets. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- On the 25th of June at three o'clock, all being ready, the mine was exploded. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Revault in France showed in 1605 how a bombshell might be exploded by steam. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Modern science uses the force of such exploding gases for the accomplishment of work, such as running of automobiles and launches. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Other shells have been invented carrying a high explosive and capable of penetrating armour plates of great thickness, and exploding after such penetration has taken place. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- As a rule, however, non-exploding projectiles are used at night. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- But his first experiments at exploding the gunpowder at a definite moment failed. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The result was his perfection of a lamp that would furnish the miners with sufficient light and yet preclude risk of exploding fire-damp. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Davy’s safety-lamp proved exactly what was needed to act as protection from exploding fire-damp. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- For this reason gasoline is extensively used, and in the average automobile the source of power is the force generated by exploding gases. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Sir Leicester's magnificence explodes. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But if the problem is more heavily charged with power, the taboo irritates the force until it explodes. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- At No. 5 a piece of paper saturated with liquid air burns with great energy, and at No. 6 a piece of sponge or raw cotton similarly saturated explodes when ignited. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- He found that fire-damp explodes only at high temperature, and that the flame of this explosive mi xture will not pass through small apertures. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- The moment the sunlight, even though diffused, strikes this powder it explodes with a violence which nothing can withstand. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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