Explode | Mean of explode in English Dictionary

/ɪkˈsploʊd/

• Verb
• to suddenly break apart in a violent way with parts flying outward
1. The bomb could explode [=blow up, detonate] at any minute.
2. One of the shells failed to explode.
3. an exploding volcano
4. explode [=blow up, detonate] a bomb
• to change in a very sudden and violent way
1. These occasional skirmishes may soon explode into all-out war.
• to move with sudden speed and force
1. The horses exploded [=burst] out of the starting gate.
2. The birds suddenly exploded into flight.
3. We exploded [=burst] into action.

• to be affected by something very suddenly
1. The building exploded in/into flames/fire.
2. The audience exploded with/in/into laughter. [=everyone burst out laughing]
• to express emotion in a sudden and violent way
1. She looked like she was ready to explode with anger.
• to say (something) in a sudden and angry way
1. “Damn you!” she exploded.
• to show that (something, such as a belief or theory) is false
1. Science has exploded many old theories.
2. The book explodes a number of myths/legends about his youth.
• to increase very quickly
1. The deer population has recently exploded.
2. the exploding [=soaring, rising] costs of childcare
3. The book has exploded in popularity.