explode
To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
Example
“The bomb explodes.”
Other meanings
To destroy with an explosion.
“The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.”
To make a violent or emotional outburst; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially anger.
“She exploded when I criticised her hat.”
Synonyms
- blow up
- set off
Related words
- explodability
- explodable
- unexplode
- exploder
- explodey
- explodium
- exploding cucumber
- exploding head syndrome
- kerplode
- kersplode
- did the journal factory explode
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “explode” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.