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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•plode /ɪkˈsploʊd/USA pronunciation v., -plod•ed, -plod•ing. - Chemistryto (cause to) expand with force and noise;
to (cause to) burst violently: [no object]Suddenly the bomb exploded.[~ + object]The terrorists exploded the bomb. - to erupt energetically;
to move or act suddenly and quickly with force: [no object]to explode in laughter. - to show to be wrong;
discredit;
disprove:[~ + object]The new findings about the solar system explode the present theories.
See -plaud-, -plod-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ex•plode (ik splōd′),USA pronunciation v., -plod•ed, -plod•ing. v.i. - Chemistryto expand with force and noise because of rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder or nitroglycerine (opposed to implode).
- to burst, fly into pieces, or break up violently with a loud report, as a boiler from excessive pressure of steam.
- to burst forth violently or emotionally, esp. with noise, laughter, violent speech, etc.:He exploded with rage when contradicted.
- Phonetics(of plosives) to terminate the occlusive phase with a plosion. Cf. implode (def. 2).
- Sport[Golf.]to play an explosion shot on a golf ball.
v.t. - to cause (gunpowder, a boiler, etc.) to explode.
- to cause to be rejected;
destroy the repute of;
discredit or disprove:to explode a theory. - Phoneticsto end with plosion.
- Sport[Golf.]to play an explosion shot on (a golf ball).
- Show Business[Obs.]to drive (a player, play, etc.) from the stage by loud expressions of disapprobation.
- Latin explōdere to drive off by clapping, drive away, equivalent. to ex- ex-1 + plod- variant stem of plaudere to clap, beat
- 1530–40
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: explode /ɪkˈspləʊd/ vb - to burst or cause to burst with great violence as a result of internal pressure, esp through the detonation of an explosive; blow up
- to destroy or be destroyed in this manner
- (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
- (intransitive) to react suddenly or violently with emotion, etc
- (intransitive) (esp of a population) to increase rapidly
- (transitive) to show (a theory, etc) to be baseless; refute and make obsolete
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin explōdere to drive off by clapping, hiss (an actor) off, from ex-1 + plaudere to clapexˈploder n |