26984 words

exploded

5 definitions • 6 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to break up into pieces violently, or to cause something to do this:

Examples:

A bomb exploded at one of the capital's busiest railway stations this morning.
He was driving so fast that his car tyre exploded.
3

Examples:

[ + speech ] "What on earth do you think you're doing?" she exploded (= said angrily).
explode into The children exploded into giggles (= suddenly started laughing uncontrollably).
4
to increase very quickly:

Examples:

The population has exploded in the last ten years.
5
to show something to be wrong:

Examples:

explode a myth This book finally explodes some of the myths about the origin of the universe.

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