Exploded Explode Suddenly Bomb Exploding Sense Device Controlled

• bombs were exploding all around the city.
• the firework exploded in his hand.
• there was a huge bang as if someone had exploded a rocket outside.
• bomb disposal experts exploded the device under controlled conditions.

explode

1. to burst or make something burst loudly and violently, causing damage
• synonym blow up
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• Bombs were exploding all around the city.
• The firework exploded in his hand.
• There was a huge bang as if someone had exploded a rocket outside.
• Bomb disposal experts exploded the device under controlled conditions.
• The jet smashed into a hillside and exploded.
• The bomb was exploded under controlled conditions.
• A police officer was killed when his car blew up.
• The bomb went off in a crowded street.
• That balloon’s going to burst.
• Two other bombs failed to detonate.
2. to suddenly become very angry or dangerous
• Suddenly Charles exploded with rage.
• The protest exploded into a riot.
• Tension between the two sides could explode at any time.
• ‘Of course there's something wrong!’ Jem exploded.
3. to suddenly express an emotion
• We all exploded into wild laughter.
4. to suddenly and quickly do something; to move suddenly with a lot of force
• After ten minutes the game exploded into life.
5. to make a sudden very loud noise
• Thunder exploded overhead.
6. to increase suddenly and very quickly in number
• the exploding world population
7. to show that something is not true, especially something that people believe
• At last, a women's magazine to explode the myth that thin equals beautiful.

Extra Examples

• A blast bomb was thrown but the device failed to explode.
• A bomb might explode prematurely.
• A disagreement over public spending is set to explode.
• He suddenly exploded into action.
• Jessie practically exploded with laughter.
• My heart was nearly exploding in fright.
• She literally exploded with anger.
• The chemical is liable to explode on contact with water.
• At last, a women’s magazine to explode the myth that thin equals beautiful.
• The jet smashed into a hillside and exploded.
• The report explodes the theory that there was a conspiracy.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they explode
• he / she / it explodes
• past simple exploded
• past participle exploded
• -ing form exploding

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘reject scornfully’): from Latin explodere ‘drive out by clapping, hiss off the stage’, from ex- ‘out’ + plaudere ‘to clap’. Sense (7) is derived from the original sense of the word. Sense (1) (late 18th cent.) evolved via an old sense ‘expel with violence and sudden noise’, perhaps influenced by obsolete displode ‘burst with a noise’.