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Explode

verb

(past & past part. exploded; pres. part. exploding)

Cause to burst with a violent release of energy. Synonyms: blow up, detonate, set off.

Burst outward, usually with noise. Synonym: burst. Antonym: implode.

Show a violent emotional reaction.

Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise. Synonyms: break loose, burst forth.

Destroy by exploding.

Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/.

Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval.

Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete.

Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction. Synonyms: blow up, detonate. "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

10.

Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner. Synonym: irrupt. "The island's rodent population irrupted"

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— The Destroyer - A Tale of International Intrigue • Burton Egbert Stevenson

... from his aunt. Besides, though he is to be a Lothario (in so far as we can manage it) he is not at present aware of this, and has made none of the necessary arrangements; if one of his lamps is knocked over it will certainly explode; and there cannot be a secret door without its leading into the adjoining house. (Theatres keep special kinds of architects to design their rooms.) There is indeed a little cupboard where his crockery is kept, and if Amy is careful she might be able to squeeze in there. ...

— Alice Sit-By-The-Fire • J. M. Barrie

... another space forever, as the counteracting, gravitational field of the outer layers was removed for a moment, and only its own enormous density affected space, writhed and collapsed upon itself, to explode into a mighty sea of flames. Planets it formed, we know, by a process such as can happen when ...

— Invaders from the Infinite • John Wood Campbell

... the half-dozen appeared to be working her full complement of sweeps, while another was hobbling off under the impulse of but a single pair. Shells, though they be of but four-inches diameter, are capable of inflicting serious damage when they hit and explode. ...

— The First Mate - The Story of a Strange Cruise • Harry Collingwood

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