Exploded

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Explode \Ex*plode"\ ([e^]ks*pl[=o]d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
     {Exploded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere,
     explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex
     out + plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF.
     exploder. See {Plausible}.]
     1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or


        vapor; to burst violently into flame; as, gunpowder
        explodes.
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     2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a
        shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a
        boiler from too great pressure of steam.
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     3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at
        this, his wrath exploded.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  exploded
       adj 1: blown apart with great violence; "fragments of the exploded
              tank were scattered in all directions"
       2: showing the parts of something separated but in positions
          that show their correct relation to one another; "the
          manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "exploded":
     belied, confounded, confuted, contested, deflated, denied,
     disbelieved, discarded, discredited, dismissed, disproved,
     disputed, doubted, exposed, impugned, invalidated, mistrusted,
     moot, negated, negatived, overthrown, overturned, punctured,
     questioned, refuted, rejected, shown up, suspect, suspected,
     under a cloud, under suspicion, upset