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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61. My hand seemed to explode and I think I must have screamed.
62. He's apparently unbelievable at doing the possessed Curtis dance, where the quietest of men would suddenly explode into compressed derangement.
63. The chemical was liable to explode on contact with water.
64. On top of this, the environmental time bomb that has been ticking away for years now seems ready to explode.
65. If the wiring were overheating, it could have caused oxygen-generating canisters in the cargo hold to explode, he said.
66. The foreman had not informed us that the paraffin might explode. In fact he had categorically denied there was any danger.
67. They steal aviation fuel for their lamps, and sometimes the lamps explode.
68. It struck Mungo as being like a time-bomb, planted even before memory, which might explode at any moment.
69. Investigators still don't what caused the storage tanks to explode.
70. However[sentencedict.com], it is thought that that can cause imperfections in the glass which sometimes cause it to explode without warning.
71. Now they were required to explode, dance, vibrate, arch, become continents crawling with armies of desire.
72. The poor-quality steel can affect accuracy and occasionally causes a barrel to explode.
73. What makes him do that is his belief that the man is about to explode a bomb.
74. It would explode in the face of its inventors without that tiny heart of a self.
75. Most of these fireballs burn up or explode in the atmosphere and vanish without a trace.
76. Disables display of all player, helper and explode shadows.
77. The firecracker fizzled but didn't explode.
78. Paveway II laserguided bombs started to explode.
79. A Bad Year Enemies explode into tires shot.
80. Catherine was ready to explode. "I think you're contemptible!".
81. Weapons jam and misfire and cannon will explode.
82. She heard laughter explode,(http://sentencedict.com/explode.html) then die.
83. Could this be where the next bombshell will explode?
84. Overwatch projectile shouldn't explode below ground any more.
85. Many boys explode firecrackers on the Lantern Festival.
86. That old boy is going to explode soon.
87. Fireworks explode during the opening ceremony of the Youth Olympic Games at the Marina Bay floating platform in Singapore on August 14, 2010.
88. This paper analyse the quantity of pharmacy about thermobaric projectile , in order to calculate the explode super-press about along with enters the small diameter thermoba.
89. The editorialist suggested that "Research in this field is likely to explode in the next few years?" and that "The time may indeed be coming for starting to reverse and prevent type 1.
90. So, his plane didn't explode in a big ball of fire?