Definition of "explode" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To destroy with an explosion.

   • The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.

2. (transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.

   • They sought to explode the myth.

3. (transitive) To create an exploded view of.

   • Explode the assembly drawing so that all the fasteners are visible.

4. (transitive, archaic) To disprove or debunk.

   • Astrology is required by many famous physicians […] doubted of, and exploded by others.

5. (intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

   • The bomb explodes.

6. (intransitive, figuratively) To make a violent or emotional outburst; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially anger.

   • She exploded when I criticised her hat.
   • “Nonsense!” Jack exploded at me. “Why Miss Bertram here knocked that theory into a cocked hat coming over on the train.”

7. (intransitive, figuratively) To increase suddenly.

8. (mathematics) To increase arbitrarily or boundlessly.

   • The function f(x) = 1/x explodes around x = 0.

9. (intransitive, figuratively) To emerge suddenly.

   • to explode into the mainstream; to explode onto the scene

10. (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

11. (computing, programming, PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.

12. (transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.

13. (transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.

14. (intransitive, board gaming) Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.