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exploding Synonyms & Antonyms

Phonetic codes: IH0 K S P L OW1 D IH0 NG

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Common synonyms for exploding are blast, blow and blow up.

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Exploding as a Verb

1

present participle and gerund of explode

My head is exploding from all this rubbish.

2

To destroy with an explosion.

The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.

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3

To destroy violently or abruptly.

They sought to explode the myth.

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4

To create an exploded view of.

Explode the assembly drawing so that all the fasteners are visible.

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5

To disprove or debunk.

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6

To blast, to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

The bomb explodes.

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7

To make a violent or emotional outburst.

She exploded when I criticised her hat.

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8

To increase suddenly.

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9

(PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.

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10

To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.

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11

To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.

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Exploding as an Adjective

1

Having the appearance of an explosion.

2

Only available for a very short period.

Exploding as a Noun

1

Explosion.

Exploding in a Sentence

My head is exploding from all this rubbish.

The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.

They sought to explode the myth.

Explode the assembly drawing so that all the fasteners are visible.

The bomb explodes.

She exploded when I criticised her hat.

Word Forms & Grammar

exploding

exploding (not comparable)

exploding (plural explodings)

Words That Rhyme With Exploding

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Exploding: Key Facts

Part of speechverb, adjective, noun
Meaningpresent participle and gerund of explode
Synonymsblast, blow and blow up
Pluralexplodings

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