Definition: 1. Burst outward, usually with noise. 2. Show a violent emotional reaction. 3. Be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise. 4. Destroy by exploding.
Use 'explode' in a sentence:
1. They told her to stay still until the emergency personnel arrived, but she thought the car was going to explode.
2. A school bus was hit by gunfire which exploded the fuel tank.
3. ANALYSIS: Why Does a Star Explode?
4. Unless we really do explode the internet.
5. They help you cool down when you feel like your anger might explode.
6. But she does want to explode some myths.
7. Explode they did, starting in the 1630s.
8. It's thought that the blast occurred when volatile chemicals exploded.
9. The car was juddering and vibrating as if it would explode.
10. Land mines are small bombs hidden in the ground and designed to explode when someone steps on them.
11. They told her to stay still until the emergency personnel arrived, still she thought the car was going to explode .
12. Maybe the bully wants you to explode.
13. Stress can build up and explode into problems.
14. They then explode, as supernovae.
15. Finally, you have an unregulated market place, no government constraints, where prices could explode.
16. Prepare for your brain to explode.
17. Electricity privatisation has exploded the myth of cheap nuclear power.
18. The battery will explode.
19. I'm not going to explode.
20. Maybe it will explode.
21. The device exploded, throwing Mr Taylor from his car.
22. The bomb must explode within less than a millionth of a second.
23. Our stock is about to explode.
24. Other kinds of corn have less water and do not pop. When you heat a seed of corn, the water inside makes the corn explode.
25. A few blocks east of Gratiot, multicoloured polka dots, stripes and squiggles appear on the street, then the houses explode in a riot of colours and textures.
26. The bomb explodes on impact.
27. Do you fear that you'll burst into tears or explode with anger in front of her?
28. The reactors began to explode and melt down.
29. If you keep all of these emotions bottled up inside, it's going to explode sometime.
30. After ten minutes the game exploded into life.
31. Or does it explode?
32. They explode in your mouth like little flavor bombs.
33. He has a short fuse, and they poke and prod to see if he will explode.
34. These are the facts that explode their so-called economic miracle.
35. The first salvo exploded a short distance away.
36. Suddenly Charles exploded with rage.
37. The bomb was exploded under controlled conditions.
38. The house rocked when the bomb exploded.
39. The protest exploded into a riot.
40. There was a huge bang as if someone had exploded a rocket outside.
41. The jet smashed into a hillside and exploded.
42. Thunder exploded overhead.
43. A bomb exploded somewhere near.
44. The bomb was primed, ready to explode.
45. The ground quaked as the bomb exploded.
46. Bombs were exploding all around the city.
47. Fire spread rapidly after a chemical truck exploded.
48. The amplifier exploded in a fountain of sparks.
49. Scientists transmuted matter into pure energy and exploded the first atomic bomb.
50. According to observers, the plane exploded shortly after take-off.
51. Soon afterwards there was a loud report as the fuel tanks exploded.