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Meanings of explode in English

Portuguese
detonar
Catalan
explotar
Spanish
explotar

To expand suddenly with great force, a loud noise and release energy because of strong inner pressure due to a violent chemical or physical reaction.

        detonar
        Catalan
        explotar
        Spanish
        explotar

        Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise.

              explotar
              Portuguese
              subir
              Catalan
              pujar

              Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner.

                    subir
                    Portuguese
                    detonar
                    Catalan
                    explotar
                    Spanish
                    explotar

                    Burst outward, usually with noise.

                        detonar
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                        Usage of explode in English
                        1
                        Water shortages are a global problem as populations soar and cities explode.
                        Reuters
                        2
                        Mark didn't want the situation to explode into something they'd all regret.
                        The Kill Order
                        3
                        He certainly hadn't made the lights explode simply by looking at them.
                        Haunted
                        4
                        Costs could explode because the bill sets crop support rates too high.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        The first shuttle to explode had actually not left the ship yet.
                        Cauldron of Ghosts
                        6
                        But security analyst Ikram Sehgal said anger over hunger could easily explode.
                        Reuters
                        7
                        We are seeing the level of interest in Workplace Wellbeing Day explode.
                        The Irish Times
                        8
                        And if she didn't come soon, she feared she might actually explode.
                        When darkness comes
                        9
                        I don't just bury things and let them explode at some point.
                        The Guardian
                        10
                        The universe may right itself any moment -or explode into chaos.
                        The crimson petal and the white
                        11
                        May 19 - Two bombs explode at Greek police stations under construction.
                        Reuters
                        12
                        Twice in rapid succession, then a third time, Hecht heard weapons explode.
                        Surrender to the will of the night
                        13
                        If the first doesn't work, he proposes to explode the 'waiter's powerpack.'
                        Strata
                        14
                        The storylines were similar: robots rampage across the landscape, and things explode.
                        Reuters
                        15
                        He said you think the Electron Pump might make the Universe explode.
                        The Gods Themselves
                        16
                        When his thumb mashed down a second time, the Semtex would explode.
                        Frontier fury
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                        Translations for explode
                        Portuguese
                        detonarsubir
                        Explode through the time
                        Explode across language varieties
                        Australia
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Common
                        Ireland
                        Common
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