0 present participle of explode
1 to break up into pieces violently, or to cause something to do this:
2 to react suddenly with a strong expression of emotion:
[ + speech ] "What on earth do you think you're doing?" she exploded (= said angrily).
The children exploded into giggles (= suddenly started laughing uncontrollably).
The population has exploded in the last ten years.
4 to show something to be wrong:
The plane dived towards the ground and exploded in a ball of flame.
Witnesses reported seeing a huge orange fireball as the oil refinery exploded.
The terrorists exploded the device just as a convoy was passing.
A 30-fs pulse was made to interact with a preformed plasma generated via the exploding foil technique from a 1-mm-thick plastic film.
The first result concerns dependence of the g-ray signal upon the thickness of the exploding foil target.
And there are some forces which prevent them from exploding, including economic forces, such as policy and other nonlinear effects.
