exploded
adjective
ex·plod·ed ik-ˈsplō-dəd 
: showing the parts separated but in correct relationship to each other
an exploded view of a carburetor
Example Sentences
an exploded view of an engine
Recent Examples on the Web On April 26, 1986, a reactor at the Chernobyl plant, about 65 miles north of Kyiv, exploded and spewed enormous amounts of radioactive material into the atmosphere, forcing more than 100,000 people within a 1,000-square-mile radius to evacuate. 
Britt Clennett, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2022 The exploded bits linger through a few cycles, and soon the dregs become rock hard. Alicia Chilton, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2022 My house is exactly like an exploded view of my brain. Brent Lang, Variety, 15 Dec. 2021 Like the giant crepe paper flowers in the umbrella stand by the front door, or the library, where an exploded floral print covers the table and giant butterflies adorn the ottoman. Celia Barbour, House Beautiful, 14 Mar. 2018
Britt Clennett, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2022 The exploded bits linger through a few cycles, and soon the dregs become rock hard. Alicia Chilton, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2022 My house is exactly like an exploded view of my brain. Brent Lang, Variety, 15 Dec. 2021 Like the giant crepe paper flowers in the umbrella stand by the front door, or the library, where an exploded floral print covers the table and giant butterflies adorn the ottoman. Celia Barbour, House Beautiful, 14 Mar. 2018 Word History
First Known Use
1918, in the meaning defined above
exploded 1 of 2
adjective
as in detonated
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- detonated
- blasted
- shattered
- smashed
- broken
- busted
- cracked
- destroyed
- collapsed
- split
- fractured
- fragmented
- splintered
- imploded
- ruined
- wrecked
- demolished
- disintegrated
- pulverized
- devastated
- damaged
- obliterated
- mutilated
- mangled
- slivered
- eradicated
- defaced
- exterminated
- ruinate
- wiped out
- extirpated
- dynamited
- fragile
- brittle
- breakable
- frangible
- frail
- delicate
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- repaired
- reconstructed
- unbroken
- fixed
- rebuilt
- healed
- mended
- patched
- unbreakable
- infrangible
exploded
2 of 2verb
1
as in popped
to break open or into pieces usually because of internal pressure the building was wrecked when a powerful bomb exploded Synonyms & Similar Words
- detonated
- popped
- blew
- burst
- bursted
- crumped
- shattered
- smashed
- blew up
- went off
- splintered
- fragmented
- mushroomed
- fired
- ballooned
- burgeoned
- discharged
- shot
- bourgeoned
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- imploded
- collapsed
- fizzled
2
as in shattered
to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive the bomb was so powerful that it exploded windows in several neighboring buildings Synonyms & Similar Words
- shattered
- smashed
- demolished
- destroyed
- blew
- burst
- blasted
- bursted
- detonated
- popped
- annihilated
- wrecked
- decimated
- ruined
- blew up
- dynamited
- splintered
- fragmented
- discharged
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- collapsed
- imploded
3
as in erupted
to develop suddenly and violently the mayor's latest unpopular decision caused long-suppressed resentment to explode into open anger Synonyms & Similar Words
- erupted
- broke out
- skyrocketed
- swelled
- bursted (forth)
- rocketed
- flamed
- mushroomed
- mounted
- detonated
- proliferated
- snowballed
- burst (forth)
- blazed (up)
- ballooned
- multiplied
- flared (up)
- burgeoned
- touched off
- waxed
- bourgeoned
- blew up