| Explode 1. (v. i.) To burst violently from within. 2. (v. i.) 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. (v. i.) To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded. 4. (v. t.) To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. 5. (v. t.) To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. 6. (v. t.) To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire. 7. (v. t.) To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. Thesaurus Entries backfire, bang, bark, be angry, be excitable, belie, bellow, blast, blow a fuse, blow a gasket, blow out, blow sky-high, blow up, break out, burst, burst forth, bust, catch fire, catch the infection, coal, come apart, come to nothing, crack, debunk, deflate, detonate, discharge, disconfirm, discredit, disprove, erupt, excite easily, expose, fail miserably, feed, fill up, fire, fire up, fizz out, fizzle, fizzle out, flame up, flare up, flash up, flip, fly apart, fly out, freak out, fuel, fuel up, fulminate, get excited, get nowhere, go into hysterics, go off, go phut, hang up, have a tantrum, hit the ceiling, invalidate, let off, misfire, mushroom, negate, negative, oil, poop out, pop, prove the contrary, puncture, rage, ramp, rant, rant and rave, rave, refuel, refute, reject, repudiate, run a temperature, seethe, set off, shoot, show up, smolder, stoke, storm, take fire, top off, touch off, turn a hair, undercut |