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1Explode — Ex*plode , v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Him old and young Exploded, and seized with violent hands. Milton.… …
2explode — verb (exploded; exploding) Etymology: Latin explodere to drive off the stage by clapping, from ex + plaudere to clap Date: 1605 transitive verb 1. archaic to drive from the stage by noisy disapproval 2. to bring into disrepute or discredit <… …
3explode — ex·plode ik splōd vb, ex·plod·ed; ex·plod·ing vt to cause to explode or burst noisily <explode a bomb> vi to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction with the production of noise, heat, and violent expansion of gases * * * ex·plode (ek… …
4explode — ex•plode [[t]ɪkˈsploʊd[/t]] v. plod•ed, plod•ing 1) chem. to expand with force and noise through rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder or nitroglycerine (opposed to implode). 2) to burst violently, as a boiler from excessive… …
5explode — [ek splōd′, iksplōd′] vt. exploded, exploding [orig., to drive off the stage by clapping and hooting < L explodere < ex , off + plaudere, to applaud] 1. to cause to be rejected; expose as false; discredit [to explode a theory] 2. to make… …
6explode — exploder, n. /ik splohd /, v., exploded, exploding. v.i. 1. to expand with force and noise because of rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder or nitroglycerine (opposed to implode). 2. to burst, fly into pieces, or break up violently …
7explode — [c]/əkˈsploʊd / (say uhk splohd), /ɛk / (say ek ) verb (exploded, exploding) –verb (i) 1. to expand with force and noise because of rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder, nitroglycerine, etc. 2. to burst, fly into pieces, or break… …
8explode — v. 1 a intr. (of gas, gunpowder, a bomb, a boiler, etc.) expand suddenly with a loud noise owing to a release of internal energy. b tr. cause (a bomb etc.) to explode. 2 intr. give vent suddenly to emotion, esp. anger. 3 intr. (of a population… …
9explode — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. destroy; burst, detonate, fire, discharge; reject; refute, discredit, expose, disprove. See confutation, violence, excitability. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To burst] Syn. blow up, blow out, blast, blow a… …
10intervening cause — see cause 1 Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. intervening cause n …
