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Explode

/ɪkˈspləʊd/

To destroy with an explosion.

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📖 Definitions of "Explode"

verb

1
To destroy with an explosion.
"The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb."
2
To destroy violently or abruptly.
"They sought to explode the myth."
3
To create an exploded view of.
"Explode the assembly drawing so that all the fasteners are visible."
4
To disprove or debunk.

🔄 Synonyms of "Explode"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
burstverb	(intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
blow upverb	Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
break looseverb	To escape; to free oneself.
set offverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
detonateverb	(intransitive) To explode, blow up
burst forthverb	(intransitive) To erupt.

↔️ Antonyms of "Explode"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
implodeverb	(intransitive) To collapse or burst inward violently.
go offverb	(intransitive) To explode.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Explode"

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Word	Definition
blow upverb	Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see blow, up.
burst forthverb	(intransitive) To erupt.
burstverb	(intransitive) To break from internal pressure.
detonateverb	(intransitive) To explode, blow up
break looseverb	To escape; to free oneself.
set offverb	(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave; to set out; to begin a journey or trip.
blasted	(slang) Intoxicated, drunk.
explosionnoun	A violent release of energy (sometimes mechanical, nuclear, or chemical); an act or instance of exploding.
explosivenoun	Able to, or likely to, explode.
blowverb	(intransitive) To produce an air current.
breakverb	(ergative, transitive, intransitive) To separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
smashverb	(colloquial) Something very successful or popular (as music, food, fashion, etc).
squeezeverb	(transitive) To apply pressure to from two or more sides at once.
splittingnoun	An instance where something splits.
knockverb	(intransitive) To rap one's knuckles against something, especially wood.
boomverb	To make a loud, hollow, resonant sound.
skipverb	(intransitive) To move by hopping on alternate feet.
jumpverb	(intransitive) To propel oneself rapidly upward, downward and/or in any horizontal direction such that momentum causes the body to become airborne.
unpickverb	(sewing) To undo sewing stitches.
unravelverb	(transitive) (figurative) (also reflexive) To clear (something) from complication or difficulty; to investigate and solve (a mystery, a problem, etc.); to disentangle, to unfold, to work out.