Dictionary entry details
• EXPLODE (verb)
Meaning:
Cause to burst with a violent release of energy
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
blow up; detonate; explode; set off
Context example:
We exploded the nuclear bomb
Hypernyms (to "explode" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Cause:
blow up; detonate; explode (burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explode"):
fulminate (cause to explode violently and with loud noise)
dynamite (blow up with dynamite)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Burst outward, usually with noise
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
explode; burst
Context example:
The champagne bottle exploded
Hypernyms (to "explode" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "explode"):
crump (explode heavily or with a loud dull noise)
go off (be discharged or activated)
belch; erupt; extravasate (become active and spew forth lava and rocks)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
implode (burst inward)
Meaning:
Show a violent emotional reaction
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary
Hypernyms (to "explode" is one way to...):
react; respond (show a response or a reaction to something)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
break loose; burst forth; explode
Context example:
His anger exploded
Hypernyms (to "explode" is one way to...):
change state; turn (undergo a transformation or a change of position or action)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Destroy by exploding
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The enemy exploded the bridge
Hypernyms (to "explode" is one way to...):
destroy; ruin (destroy completely; damage irreparably)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "explode" is one way to...):
articulate; enounce; enunciate; pronounce; say; sound out (speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "explode" is one way to...):
condemn (declare or judge unfit)
"Explode" entails doing...:
boo; hiss (show displeasure, as after a performance or speech)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "explode" is one way to...):
confute; disprove (prove to be false)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
detonate; blow up; explode
Context examples:
the bomb detonated at noon / The Molotov cocktail exploded
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
irrupt; explode
Context examples:
The population of India is exploding / The island's rodent population irrupted
Hypernyms (to "explode" is one way to...):
increase (become bigger or greater in amount)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
