[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

explode \explode"\, v. t.
   1. to drive from the stage by noisy expressions of
      disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject
      noisily; as, to explode a play. obs.
      1913 webster

            him old and young
            exploded, and seized with violent hands. --milton.
      1913 webster

   2. to bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice
      and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or
      doctrine.
      1913 webster

            old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud.
                                                  --burke.
      1913 webster

            to explode and exterminate dark atheism. --bently.
      1913 webster

   3. to cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to
      explode powder by touching it with fire.
      1913 webster

   4. to drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
      1913 webster

            but late the kindled powder did explode
            the massy ball and the brass tube unload.
                                                  --blackmore.
      1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

explode \explode"\ e^kspl=od", v. i. 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.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster

   3. to burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at
      this, his wrath exploded.
      1913 webster
see also:
exploded exploding plausible 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

explode
     v 1: cause to explode; "we exploded the nuclear bomb" syn: detonate,
           blow up, set off
     2: burst outward, usually with noise; "the champagne bottle
        exploded" syn: burst ant: implode
     3: show a violent emotional reaction; "the boss exploded when
        he heard of the resignation of the secretary"
     4: be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise; "his anger
        exploded" syn: burst forth, break loose
     5: destroy by exploding; "the enemy exploded the bridge"
     6: cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop
        consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
     7: drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
     8: show a theory or claim to be baseless, or refute and make
        obsolete
     9: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "the
        population of india is exploding"; "the island's rodent
        population irrupted" syn: irrupt
see also:
detonate blow up set off burst implode burst forth 
break loose irrupt 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

92 moby thesaurus words for "explode":
   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

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