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.

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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

Last night the United States dropped four 2,000 pound bombs on Saddam Hussein. I don't know anything about explosives, but, my God, do those things even need to explode?
David Letterman

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

I wouldn't dream of working on something that didn't make my gut rumble and my heart want to explode.
Kate Winslet

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

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

Oh, who am I trying to kid? It's a madhouse. The minute those cameras go off, things just explode, everyone is just at each other in one way or another, in closets or cat fights here and there. It's nuts. You know, I can't be a part of it.
Richard Dean Anderson

When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years.
Patrick Marber

I intend to explode the myths about myself and get down to the real truth about the legend that is Batman.
Bob Kane

There is no man who desires as passionately as a Russian. If we could imprison a Russian desire beneath a fortress, that fortress would explode.
Joseph De Maistre

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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