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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.

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Examples for "explode"
Examples for "explode"
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Water shortages are a global problem as populations soar and cities explode.
Reuters
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Mark didn't want the situation to explode into something they'd all regret.
The Kill Order
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He certainly hadn't made the lights explode simply by looking at them.
Haunted
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Costs could explode because the bill sets crop support rates too high.
Reuters
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The first shuttle to explode had actually not left the ship yet.
Cauldron of Ghosts
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It came to me suddenly: he meant to blow up the Intendance.
The Seats of the Mighty, Volume 3
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First, he judged it necessary to blow up the bridge of Demir-Hissar.
Greece and the Allies, 1914-1922
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He could not blow up one of these bubbles on the spring.
Around the Tea-Table
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Gas of northern metaphysics to blow up Broad Church bishops like balloons.
The Ball and the Cross
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The wind begins to blow up sharply, though it was very pleasant.
A Little Girl in Old Boston
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Cats and daenids and other more exotic things, like the rooks in the garret, all of them disploded with a gory popping sound.
The last page
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Its release last week set off several days of largely peaceful protests.
The Guardian
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State media say gunmen stormed the building and set off explosive devices.
BBC
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If so, an American sneak attack might set off a nuclear war.
Legacy of ashes: the history of the cia
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A military source said the explosive was set off by remote control.
Reuters
5
Elizabeth accepted their company, and the three young ladies set off together.
Pride and Prejudice
Uso de detonate en inglés
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I shall detonate it when the ship is in an optimum position.
The Reality Dysfunction
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You need two people to enter the code simultaneously or it'll detonate.
Ascension
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The note said: Don't go to the cops or I will detonate.
News.com.au
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Convinced I am a ticking bomb that could detonate at any moment.
My Life, My Tapes
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They'll be in a position to detonate their mines and devastate everything.
The new yorker
6
On the fifth floor, light bulbs detonate into showers of golden sparks.
Black house
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As soon as they hit one zero five, send the detonate signal.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
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But why not just detonate the explosives, if that was his plan?
Takeover
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If you detonate the explosives, won't you lose part of your take?
Takeover
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They suffered shock and minor injuries when the device failed to detonate.
The Irish Times
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It's so volatile that just unscrewing the top will make it detonate.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
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But clerics don't behead, kill and detonate people, said Mogadishu resident Mohamed.
Reuters
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There isn't a single possible future where the soulbomb doesn't detonate.
A Hard Day’s Knight
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We detonate today, he said, passing a cigar to the reporter.
Artemis Fowl: the opal deception
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Tetryl is a compound used as a booster to help detonate explosive charges.
Reuters
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It is easy to press a button and detonate a bomb.
Reuters
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