explodes

verb

(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

(intransitive, figuratively) To make a violent or emotional outburst; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially anger.

(intransitive, figuratively) To increase suddenly.

(transitive) To destroy with an explosion.

(transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.

(transitive) To create an exploded view of.

(transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.

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

(transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.

(intransitive, figuratively) To emerge suddenly.

(slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.

(intransitive, board gaming) Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.

(mathematics) To increase arbitrarily or boundlessly.

(transitive, archaic) To disprove or debunk.

Roots

plaudoplod- · Latin · clap, applaud

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