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Meanings of explode in English
Synonyms
Examples for "detonate"
Examples for "detonate"
1
I shall detonate it when the ship is in an optimum position.
2
You need two people to enter the code simultaneously or it'll detonate.
3
The note said: Don't go to the cops or I will detonate.
4
Convinced I am a ticking bomb that could detonate at any moment.
5
They'll be in a position to detonate their mines and devastate everything.
1
It came to me suddenly: he meant to blow up the Intendance.
2
First, he judged it necessary to blow up the bridge of Demir-Hissar.
3
He could not blow up one of these bubbles on the spring.
4
Gas of northern metaphysics to blow up Broad Church bishops like balloons.
5
The wind begins to blow up sharply, though it was very pleasant.
1
Cats and daenids and other more exotic things, like the rooks in the garret, all of them disploded with a gory popping sound.
1
Its release last week set off several days of largely peaceful protests.
2
State media say gunmen stormed the building and set off explosive devices.
3
If so, an American sneak attack might set off a nuclear war.
4
A military source said the explosive was set off by remote control.
5
Elizabeth accepted their company, and the three young ladies set off together.
Usage of explode in English
1
Water shortages are a global problem as populations soar and cities explode.
2
Mark didn't want the situation to explode into something they'd all regret.
3
He certainly hadn't made the lights explode simply by looking at them.
4
Costs could explode because the bill sets crop support rates too high.
5
The first shuttle to explode had actually not left the ship yet.
6
But security analyst Ikram Sehgal said anger over hunger could easily explode.
7
We are seeing the level of interest in Workplace Wellbeing Day explode.
8
And if she didn't come soon, she feared she might actually explode.
9
I don't just bury things and let them explode at some point.
10
The universe may right itself any moment -or explode into chaos.
11
May 19 - Two bombs explode at Greek police stations under construction.
12
Twice in rapid succession, then a third time, Hecht heard weapons explode.
13
If the first doesn't work, he proposes to explode the 'waiter's powerpack.'
14
The storylines were similar: robots rampage across the landscape, and things explode.
15
He said you think the Electron Pump might make the Universe explode.
16
When his thumb mashed down a second time, the Semtex would explode.
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Australia
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United States of America
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Ireland
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