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explode
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[ verb ] cause to explode
Examples "We exploded the nuclear bomb" Used in print ("Editorials"...)The biggest nuclear device the United_States has exploded measured some 15 megatons , although our B-52s are said to be carrying two 20 - megaton_bombs apiece . He seems to have at_least a_few 30 - and 50 - megaton_bombs on_hand , since we cannot assume that he has exploded his entire stock . He has gained only one thing - he has exploded a 50 - megaton_bomb and he probably has rockets with sufficient thrust to lob it over the shorter intercontinental ranges . (Clayton C. Barbeau, The Ikon....)They set bouncing_betties to jump and explode at testicle level while we more mercifully had them go_off at the head . |
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[ verb ] burst outward, usually with noise
Synonyms Examples "The champagne bottle exploded" Used in print (The Providence Journal...)Miss_Stuart is as intensely vibrant as one could wish , almost an icy shriek threatening to explode at any moment . |
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[ verb ] show a violent emotional reaction
Examples "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)The world exploded when Fascism challenged all concepts of peace and liberty , and the outraged , freedom loving peoples of the Capitalist and Socialist worlds combined forces to stamp Fascist tyranny into cringing submission . (Gene Caesar, Rifle for Rent....)`` Just let me meet_up_with that damned bushwhackin ' coward face-to-face '' ! he exploded . Related terms |
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[ verb ] be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise, as of an emotion or an expression of emotion
Synonyms Examples "His anger exploded" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)The world exploded when Fascism challenged all concepts of peace and liberty , and the outraged , freedom loving peoples of the Capitalist and Socialist worlds combined forces to stamp Fascist tyranny into cringing submission . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (arms) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
Used in print (Cliff Farrell, Trail of the Tattered Star....)Beyond the stockade rifles began to explode as some of the guerrillas fired at shadows that they imagined were Apaches . |
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[ verb ] cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
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[ verb ] show to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete, as of a new theory or claim
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