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Definition of Explode |
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Explode
To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. Related Definitions: Acceptance, And, As, At, Away, Become, Boiler, Bring, Burst, By, Cause, Detonate, Disapprobation, Disrepute, Doctrine, Drive, Expanded, Explode, Exploded, Fashion, Filled, Fire, Flame, Force, Forth, From, Gas, Great, Gunpowder, His, Hoot, Into, It, Like, Loud, Material, Noise, Noisily, Noisy, Notice, Of, Off, Or, Out, Play, Powder, Pressure, Reject, Report, Scheme, Shell, Stage, Steam, Sudden, The, This, To, Too, Touching, Vapor, Violence, Violently, Volume, With, Wrath |
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Explode Quotations
What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up Like a raisin in the sun?... Or does it explode? Langston Hughes I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode. Hedy Lamarr The situation in the region is flammable and may explode at any moment, because of the crucial events and because of the absence of justice in executing the international legitimacy resolutions, regarding the Israeli Arab cause and the oppression on Palestinians by Israelis. Ali A. Saleh If al Qaeda or any other enemy of our country manages to create a situation or explode a bomb or murder or incapacitate large numbers of our people, we cannot wait for 7 weeks of a special election in order to deal with that. Dana Rohrabacher It's actually really great to be a student and an actor, because I get to do this job that I love, then just when I think my head might explode, I get to go to school where they don't really care about what magazine cover I'm on. Julia Stiles |
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Explode Translations
explode in Dutch is exploderen, losbarsten, ontploffen explode in German is explodiere explode in Norwegian is eksplodere explode in Portuguese is expluda explode in Swedish is krevera, explodera |
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