explode
verb [I or T] (BREAK APART) /ɪkˈspləʊd/
/-ˈsploʊd/ Definition
B1 to break up into pieces violently, or to cause something to do this: A bomb exploded at one of London's busiest railway stations this morning. He was driving so fast that his car tyre exploded. → Compare implodeExploding and erupting
(Definition of explode verb (BREAK APART) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- blast noun (EXPLOSION)
- blast verb (EXPLODE)
- blow (sb/sth) up phrasal verb
- blow verb (DESTROY)
- blowout noun (EXPLOSION)
- burst in on sb/sth phrasal verb
- burst in/into (somewhere) phrasal verb
- burst noun (BREAK)
- burst verb
- dynamite verb
- erupt verb (VOLCANO)
- explosion noun (BURST)
- flame verb (EMOTION)
- go off phrasal verb (EXPLODE)
- go pop idiom
- go up phrasal verb (EXPLODE)
- ignite verb
- pop noun (SOUND)
- pop verb (SOUND)
- set sth off phrasal verb (CAUSE)
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