Tra từ explode - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

ex·plode [explode explodes exploded exploding] BrE [ɪkˈspləʊd] NAmE [ɪkˈsploʊd] verb

BURST VIOLENTLY
1. intransitive, transitive to burst or make sth burst loudly and violently, causing damage
Syn: ↑blow up
• Bombs were exploding all around the city.
• The firework exploded in his hand.
•~ sth There was a huge bang as if someone had exploded a rocket outside.
•Bomb disposal experts exploded the device under controlled conditions.
compare ↑implode

GET ANGRY/DANGEROUS
2. intransitive, transitive (of a person or situation)to suddenly become very angry or dangerous
•~ (with sth) Suddenly Charles exploded with rage.
•~ (into sth) The protest exploded into a riot.
•Tension between the two sides could explode at any time.
•+ speech ‘Of course there's something wrong!’ Jem exploded.

EXPRESS EMOTION
3. intransitive ~ (into/with sth) to suddenly express an emotion
• We all exploded into wild laughter.

MOVE SUDDENLY
4. intransitive ~ (into sth) to suddenly and quickly do sth; to move suddenly with a lot of force
• After ten minutes the game exploded into life.

MAKE LOUD NOISE
5. intransitive to make a sudden very loud noise
•Thunder exploded overhead.

INCREASE QUICKLY
6. intransitive to increase suddenly and very quickly in number
•the exploding world population

SHOW STH IS NOT TRUE
7. transitive ~ sth to show that sth is not true, especially sth that people believe
•At last, a women's magazine to explode the myth that thin equals beautiful.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘reject scornfully’): from Latin explodere ‘drive out by clapping, hiss off the stage’, from ex- ‘out’ + plaudere ‘to clap’. Sense 7 is derived from the original sense of the word. Sense 1 (late 18th cent.) evolved via an old sense ‘expel with violence and sudden noise’, perhaps influenced by obsolete displode ‘burst with a noise’.

Thesaurus:
explode verb I, T
•The bomb exploded.
blow (sth) up • • go off • • burst • • erupt • • detonate • |formal medical rupture •
a bomb explodes/blows up/goes off/bursts/detonates
a car/plane/vehicle explodes/blows up
a volcano explodes/erupts

Word Family:
explode verb
explosion noun
explosive adjective noun
unexploded adjective

Synonyms:
explode
blow up • go off • burst • erupt • detonate
These are all words that can be used when sth bursts apart violently, causing damage or injury.
explode • to burst loudly and violently, causing damage; to make sth burst in this way: ▪ The jet smashed into a hillside and exploded. ◇ ▪ The bomb was exploded under controlled conditions.
blow (sth) up • to be destroyed by an explosion; to destroy sth by an explosion: ▪ A police officer was killed when his car blew up.
go off • (of a bomb) to explode; (of a gun) to be fired: ▪ The bomb went off in a crowded street.
When used about guns, the choice of go off (instead of ‘be fired’) can suggest that the gun was fired by accident.
burst • to break open or apart, especially because of pressure from inside; to make sth break in this way: ▪ That balloon's going to burst.
erupt • (of a volcano) to throw out burning rocks and smoke; (of burning rocks and smoke) to be thrown out of a volcano.
detonate • (rather formal) (of a bomb) to explode; to make a bomb explode: ▪ Two other bombs failed to detonate.
a bomb explodes/blows up/goes off/bursts/detonates
a car/plane/vehicle explodes/blows up
a firework/rocket explodes/goes off

Example Bank:
•A blast bomb was thrown but the device failed to explode.
•A bomb might explode prematurely.
•A disagreement over public spending is set to explode.
•He suddenly exploded into action.
•Jessie practically exploded with laughter.
•My heart was nearly exploding in fright.
•She literally exploded with anger.
•The chemical is liable to explode on contact with water.
•At last, a women's magazine to explode the myth that thin equals beautiful.
•The jet smashed into a hillside and exploded.
•The report explodes the theory that there was a conspiracy.