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explode
1. cause to burst with a violent release of energy (Freq. 14)
- We exploded the nuclear bomb
• Syn:
detonate, blow up, set off
• Derivationally related forms:
blowup (for: blow up), detonative (for: detonate), detonation (for: detonate), detonator (for: detonate), explosion
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
fulminate, dynamite
• Cause:
detonate, blow up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. burst outward, usually with noise (Freq. 5)
- The champagne bottle exploded
• Syn:
burst
• Ant:
implode
• Derivationally related forms:
burst (for: burst), burster (for: burst), explosion
• Hypernyms:
change integrity
• Hyponyms:
crump, go off, erupt, belch, extravasate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. show a violent emotional reaction (Freq. 4)
- The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary
• Hypernyms:
react, respond
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
4. be unleashed;
emerge with violence or noise (Freq. 3)
- His anger exploded
• Syn:
burst forth, break loose
• Derivationally related forms:
explosion
• Hypernyms:
change state, turn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
5. destroy by exploding
- The enemy exploded the bridge
• Hypernyms:
destroy, ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. cause to burst as a result of air pressure;
of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
• Derivationally related forms:
explosion
• Hypernyms:
pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
7. drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
• Hypernyms:
condemn
• Entailment:
boo, hiss
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
8. show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
• Hypernyms:
disprove, confute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
9. burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
- the bomb detonated at noon
- The Molotov cocktail exploded
• Syn:
detonate, blow up
• Derivationally related forms:
detonative (for: detonate), detonation (for: detonate)
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
10. increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
- The population of India is exploding
- The island's rodent population irrupted
• Syn:
irrupt
• Derivationally related forms:
explosion
• Hypernyms:
increase
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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