explode

Definitions


[ɛkˈspləʊd], (Verb)

Definitions:
- burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, excessive internal pressure, or other process
(e.g: an ammunition lorry exploded with a roar)

- (of a violent emotion or a situation) arise or develop suddenly
(e.g: tension which could explode into violence at any time)

- increase suddenly in size, number, or extent
(e.g: the use of this drug exploded in the nineties)

- show (a belief or theory) to be false or unfounded
(e.g: the myths that link smoking with glamour need to be exploded)


Phrases:

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




definition by Oxford Dictionaries