explode
iks plohd
- v cause to burst with a violent release of energy
We exploded the nuclear bomb - v burst outward, usually with noise
The champagne bottle exploded - v show a violent emotional reaction
The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary - v be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
His anger exploded - v destroy by exploding
The enemy exploded the bridge - v cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
- v drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
- v show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
- v burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
The Molotov cocktail exploded - v increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
- Ferran Adria has won the adulation of food critics and cooks by whipping up startling combinations of texture, temperature and taste: bite-size cuttlefish ravioli that explode in a .
- At a time when most of us were afraid that the aids epidemic would explode in Thailand, with its buoyant sex trade and problems of drug addiction, Mechai spearheaded an aggressive .
- Israel occupies the West Bank town of Ramallah, as terror continues to explode at home.