: to burst forth with sudden violence or noise from internal energy: such as. The population of the city exploded. The shrubs exploded with blossoms. Did you know? Theatergoers in ancient Rome could be noisy in showing both their enjoyment and their dislike of a performance. One of the ways they made noise was by clapping their hands loudly.
Explode definition: to expand with force and noise because of rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder or nitroglycerine (implode ).. See examples of EXPLODE used in a sentence.
1. To cause to release energy or burst violently and noisily: The children exploded three firecrackers. 2. To show to be false or unreliable: explode a hypothesis. 3. Sports To hit (a golf ball) out of a sand trap with an explosive shot.
to move or act suddenly and quickly with force: [no object] to explode in laughter. disprove:[~ + object] The new findings about the solar system explode the present theories. See -plaud-, -plod-. ex•plode (ik splōd′), v., -plod•ed, -plod•ing.
Explode 's two most common meanings refer to a physically destructive act, most commonly a bomb going off, or metaphorically, as in your parents' sudden fury when they see your end-of-year grades. Originally explode meant something quite different — to drive an unpleasing actor or group of performers from the stage by clapping and booing.
explode (third-person singular simple present explodes, present participle exploding, simple past and past participle exploded) (transitive) To destroy with an explosion. synonyms Synonyms: blow up, blow, blast, burst The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.
