Synonym: blow up, burst, erupt. Similar words: exploit, explore, explosion, exploration, explain, explicit, explanation, mode. Meaning: [ɪk'spləʊd] 
v. 1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy 2. burst outward, usually with noise 3. show a violent emotional reaction 4. be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise 5. destroy by exploding 6. cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ 7. drive from the stage by noisy disapproval 8. show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete 9. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon" 10. increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner.
v. 1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy 2. burst outward, usually with noise 3. show a violent emotional reaction 4. be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise 5. destroy by exploding 6. cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ 7. drive from the stage by noisy disapproval 8. show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete 9. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon" 10. increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner. 
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31. Parent and child suddenly explode, screaming and hitting.
32. This series sets out to explode the myth that some are impossible to keep.
33. Pentrite can explode without a detonator if it receives a severe blow or strong friction.
34. When the pines and chaparral explode, the crews are the first to meet the fury.
35. Love and joy seemed to explode inside her, threatening to spill over into cries of happiness.
36. Bobby Seale appeared in a blue baseball cap, measuring his words instead of letting them explode.
37. They were devising a sea shell that would explode when he went swimming.
38. Earthquakes rattle certain spots within the crust, and volcanoes explode with demonic violence.
39. It would, he thought with a smile, be most unfitting to explode on landing under the circumstances.
40. She looked as if she might explode at any moment.
41. They walked in the street knowing that any of the cars around them might explode.
42. Weaknesses in the casting methods can leave minute cracks or other deficiencies which cause them to explode when fired.
43. Police arrested 12 people in the city centre before the match and fireworks continued to explode throughout the game.
44. Normally loving and full of fun, Peter can explode with passionate anger at James and Mary, their fourteen-year-old twins.
45. On impact the shells explode in a fire ball, producing a fine dust.
46. And, as their pressure increased, Laura felt a brilliant light seeming to explode in both her mind and body.
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48. Great electrical bursts of dazzling blue and purple light explode behind copious amounts of dense smoke which obscures the entire stage.
49. It failed to explode only because of a faulty detonator.
50. While new channels of communication explode, the number of gatekeepers shrinks at an alarming rate.
51. At last, I thought, some one is willing to explode the myth that thin equals sexy!
52. Or, perhaps, you swallow your rage and let it later explode over something else.
53. The defendants supplied a chemical to the plaintiffs but failed to warn that it was liable to explode on contact with water.
54. If you roll a misfire when you roll the first dice the cannon has literally misfired and may explode.
55. His head would explode, and his field of vision would contract until he was almost blind.
56. Finally the flame would engulf his head and he'd explode in a furious orange ball of flame.
57. B.L. I had these passionate blouse-ripping fantasies, the sort where you dissolve on a bearskin rug and explode with ecstasy.
58. According to the above, they will explode in my face.
59. It represents the germ of an idea which someday might explode into a national objective.
60. Suddenly the entire dealing room used to explode into a harsh crescendo of directed shouting.