Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - explode
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Explode
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~ v 1 »BURST« to burst, or to make something burst, into small pieces, usually with a loud noise and in a way that causes damage (We sat in the bomb shelter listening to the enemy shells exploding.) (- compare implode) 2 »GET ANGRY« to suddenly become angry or dangerous (These guys tend to explode at any moment over the least thing.) + in/with/into (Tensions are running high and police are afraid the situation may explode into violence.) 3 »PROVE FALSE« to prove that something that many people think or believe, is wrong or not true (explode a myth/rumour etc) (The book explodes many myths about rape.) 4 »GET BIGGER« to increase greatly in numbers or amount (The population exploded in the early 1970s.) 5 »MAKE A LOUD NOISE« to make a very loud noise (A clap of thunder exploded overhead.) 6 »MOVE SUDDENLY« to suddenly begin moving or doing something very quickly + into (Nancy exploded into action. | The engine suddenly exploded into life.)
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(explodes, exploding, exploded) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. If an object such as a bomb explodes or if someone or something explodes it, it bursts loudly and with great force, often causing damage or injury. They were clearing up when the second bomb exploded... A school bus was hit by gunfire which exploded the fuel tank. VERB: V, V n 2. If someone explodes, they express strong feelings suddenly and violently. Do you fear that you’ll burst into tears or explode with anger in front of her?... ‘What happened!’ I exploded... George caught the look and decided that Bess had better leave before she exploded. VERB: V with n, V with quote, V 3. If something explodes, it increases suddenly and rapidly in number or intensity. The population explodes to 40,000 during the tourist season... Investment by Japanese firms has exploded. VERB: V to n, V 4. If someone explodes a theory or myth, they prove that it is wrong or impossible. Electricity privatisation has exploded the myth of cheap nuclear power... VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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verb (~d; exploding) Etymology: Latin ~re to drive off the stage by clapping, from ex- + plaudere to clap Date: 1605 transitive verb 1. archaic to drive from the stage by noisy disapproval 2. to bring into disrepute or discredit ~ a theory 3. to cause to ~ or burst noisily ~ a bomb intransitive verb 1. to burst forth with sudden violence or noise from internal energy: as a. to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction with the production of noise, heat, and violent expansion of gases dynamite ~s b. to burst violently as a result of pressure from within 2. a. to give forth a sudden strong and noisy outburst of emotion ~d in anger b. to move with sudden speed and force ~d from the starting gate 3. to increase rapidly the population of the city ~d 4. to suggest an explosion (as in appearance or effect) shrubs ~d with blossoms • ~r noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
3.
v. 1 a intr. (of gas, gunpowder, a bomb, a boiler, etc.) expand suddenly with a loud noise owing to a release of internal energy. b tr. cause (a bomb etc.) to explode. 2 intr. give vent suddenly to emotion, esp. anger. 3 intr. (of a population etc.) increase suddenly or rapidly. 4 tr. show (a theory etc.) to be false or baseless. 5 tr. (as exploded adj.) (of a drawing etc.) showing the components of a mechanism as if separated by an explosion but in the normal relative positions. Derivatives exploder n. Etymology: earliest in sense 4: L explodere hiss off the stage (as EX-(1), plodere plos- = plaudere clap) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) взрывать, подрывать; взрываться, подрываться 2) бот. распускаться (о цветках) 3) бот. вскрываться (о плодах) 4) проводить разузлование (проектируемого изделия) ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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1. взрывать to explode a mine —- взорвать мину; взрываться a bomb exploded —- бомба взорвалась, произошел взрыв бомбы 2. разрушать, подрывать; разбивать, опрокидывать; отбрасывать to explode a lie —- опровергнуть ложь to explode a fallacy —- разоблачить заблуждение to explode a theory —- опровергнуть теорию to explode the reputation of smb. —- испортить чью-л. репутацию; подорвать чей-л. авторитет; развенчать кого-л. 3. разражаться (гневом и т. п.); взрываться; прорваться, вырваться наружу (о сильном чувстве) to explode with laughter —- разразиться хохотом he exploded with anger —- он впал в ярость 4. распускаться (о цветах) 5. внезапно и быстро увеличиваться (о населении) 6. фон. произносить со взрывом ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) взрывать(ся) 2) разбивать, подрывать (теорию и т.п.) 3) разражаться (гневом и т.п.) (with) to explode with laughter - разразиться громким смехом 4) распускаться (о цветах) Syn: burst, bust, erupt Ant: implode, suck in ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1538, from L. explodere "drive out or off by clapping," originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," hence "drive out, reject" (a sense surviving in an exploded theory), from ex- "out" + plaudere "to clap, applaud," of uncertain origin. Eng. used it to mean "drive out with violence and sudden noise" (1660), later, "go off with a loud noise" (Amer.Eng. 1790); sense of "to burst with destructive force" is late 19c. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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