explode : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: explode	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for explode
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
explode v cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" Synonym(s): explode, detonate, blow up, set off burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded" Synonym(s): explode, burst Antonym(s): go off, implode show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary" be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger exploded" Synonym(s): explode, burst forth, break loose destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge" 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;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded" Synonym(s): detonate, explode, blow up increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted" Synonym(s): explode, irrupt
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.] 1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes. 2. 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. 3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Explode \Explode"\, v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode* a play. [Obs.] Him old and young Exploded, and seized with violent hands. --Milton. 2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. --Burke. To explode and exterminate dark atheism. --Bently. 3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire. 4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. --Blackmore.