explode

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Synonyms: explore

Antonyms: explore

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Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To fly apart with sudden violent force; to [[blow up]], to burst, to [[detonate]], to [[go off]].
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[destroy]] with an [[explosion]].
3. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To make a [[violent]] or [[emotional]] [[outburst]]; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially [[anger]].
4. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To [[increase]] [[suddenly]].
5. {{lb|en|mathematics}} To increase arbitrarily or boundlessly.
6. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[destroy]] [[violently]] or [[abruptly]].
7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To create an [[exploded view]] of.
8. {{lb|en|transitive|archaic}} To [[disprove]] or [[debunk]].
9. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively}} To [[emerge]] [[suddenly]].
10. {{lb|en|slang|vulgar}} To [[ejaculate]].
11. {{lb|en|computing|programming|[[PHP]]}} To break (a [[delimit]]ed [[string]] of text) into several smaller strings by removing the [[separator]]s.
12. {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To [[decompress]] (data) that was previously [[implode]]d.

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