- pronunciation:
- ihk
splod
- features:
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| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
explodes, exploding, exploded |
| definition 1: |
When something explodes, it suddenly puts out energy with very great force, noise, and heat.
The bomb exploded.- similar words:
- blow up, crash
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| definition 2: |
When something explodes, it suddenly breaks open with a lot of noise and energy.
One time when Jen's grandmother was baking potatoes, one of them exploded in the oven!- similar words:
- burst
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| definition 3: |
When something explodes from another thing, it breaks out of it with great force.
Gas and ash exploded from the volcano. |
| related words: |
anger, blow, boom, collapse, crash, erupt, roar |
| derivation: |
exploder (n.) |
Explode comes from a Latin word that means "to drive off the stage by clapping," the Roman version of booing. In English, "explode" first had the meaning "to drive away with a loud noise." During the 1700s it came to be used for something that goes off with a loud noise, such as a bomb.