exploded; exploding 1 : to cause to be given up or rejected science has exploded many old theories 2 a : to burst or cause to burst with violence and noise

Dec 13, 2025 · One person is dead after a U-Haul truck exploded outside an Old Navy in Idaho, damaging nearby businesses as multiple agencies responded to Saturday's incident.

EXPLODED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of explode 2. to break up into pieces violently, or to cause…. Learn more.

EXPLODE definition: to expand with force and noise because of rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder or nitroglycerine (implode ). See examples of explode used in a …

1. To cause to release energy or burst violently and noisily: The children exploded three firecrackers. 2. To show to be false or unreliable: explode a hypothesis. 3. Sports To hit (a golf ball) out of a sand …

If something such as a bomb explodes, it bursts with great force. Fireworks exploded in the sky above.

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Definition of explode verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [intransitive, transitive] to burst (= break apart) or make something burst loudly and violently, causing damage synonym blow …

Explode 's two most common meanings refer to a physically destructive act, most commonly a bomb going off, or metaphorically, as in your parents' sudden fury when they see your end-of-year grades. …

The horses exploded [= burst] out of the starting gate. The birds suddenly exploded into flight. We exploded [= burst] into action.