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Explode (verb)
To destroy with an explosion.
“The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.”
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Explode (verb)
To destroy violently or abruptly.
“They sought to explode the myth.”
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Explode (verb)
To create an exploded view of.
“Explode the assembly drawing so that all the fasteners are visible.”
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Explode (verb)
To disprove or debunk.
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Explode (verb)
To blast, to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
“The bomb explodes.”
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Explode (verb)
To make a violent or emotional outburst.
“She exploded when I criticised her hat.”
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Explode (verb)
To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
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Explode (verb)
To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
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Implode (verb)
To collapse or burst inward violently.
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Implode (verb)
To compress (data) with a particular algorithm.