explode
verb
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
We exploded the nuclear bomb
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
- fulminate hyponym
- dynamite hyponym
Related & opposite
- detonate causes
- burst derivation
- detonation derivation
- detonator derivation
- explosion derivation
- detonative derivation
Sense 2 verb
burst outward, usually with noise
The champagne bottle exploded
Types & categories
- change integrity hypernym
- crump hyponym
- go off hyponym
- belch hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
show a violent emotional reaction
The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary
Types & categories
- react hypernym
Sense 4 verb
be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
His anger exploded
Types & categories
- change state hypernym
Related & opposite
- explosion derivation
Sense 5 verb
destroy by exploding
The enemy exploded the bridge
Types & categories
- ruin hypernym
Sense 6 verb
cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
Types & categories
- sound out hypernym
Related & opposite
- plosion derivation
Sense 7 verb
drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
Types & categories
- condemn hypernym
Related & opposite
- boo entails
Sense 8 verb
show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
Types & categories
- disprove hypernym
Sense 9 verb
burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
the bomb detonated at noon
Related & opposite
- explosion derivation
- detonative derivation
Sense 10 verb
increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
The population of India is exploding
Types & categories
- increase hypernym
Related & opposite
- explosion derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | causes | Related & opposite | detonate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | burst |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detonation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detonator |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | explosion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | detonative |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fulminate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dynamite |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | implode |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | burst |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | burster |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change integrity |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | crump |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | go off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | belch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | react |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | explosion |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | change state |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | plosion |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | sound out |
| 7 | entails | Related & opposite | boo |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | condemn |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | disprove |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | explosion |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | detonative |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | explosion |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | increase |