From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Explode \Ex*plode"\ ([e^]ks*pl[=o]d"), verb (used without an object) [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out + plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.]
1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as, gunpowder explodes.
2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.
3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: blown apart with great violence; "fragments of the exploded tank were scattered in all directions"
2: showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another; "the manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
32 Moby Thesaurus words for "exploded": belied, confounded, confuted, contested, deflated, denied, disbelieved, discarded, discredited, dismissed, disproved, disputed, doubted, exposed, impugned, invalidated, mistrusted, moot, negated, negatived, overthrown, overturned, punctured, questioned, refuted, rejected, shown up, suspect, suspected, under a cloud, under suspicion, upset
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