explodev.

Brit.

/ᵻkˈspləʊd/,

/ɛkˈspləʊd/, U.S.

/ᵻkˈsploʊd/,

/ɛkˈsploʊd/

Forms: 1500s– explode, 1600s explaud, 1600s expload, 1600s exploid.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin explōdere, explaudere.

Etymology: < classical Latin explōdere, variant of explaudere to drive out by clapping, hiss (a player) off the stage, to eject, cast out, to reject, condemn, in post-classical Latin also to abolish (4th cent.), to burst (from 8th cent. in British sources; 16th cent. in continental sources), to show up, expose (from 8th cent. in British sources) < ex- ex- prefix¹ + plaudere plaud v. Compare German explodieren to reject, discard (1539), (reborrowed < English) (of a substance) to burst (1808). Compare slightly earlier explosion n.; the semantic development of the two words has been closely linked. Compare also explose v.With the use in sense 2b compare French †exploder, in same sense (1611 in Cotgrave; rare); the French verb for ‘to explode’ is exploser (1801).

†1.

a. transitive. To reject or discard (something, esp. an opinion, proposal, or custom). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > reject contemptuously

spurnc1000

defyc1320

refusec1350

to kick against or ata1425

spurn1526

asperne1548

explodea1552

to cast (also throw) at one's heels1555

mock1558

foot1600

outscout1602

slighta1616

scout1710

stuff1955

a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 47 Rudelan..commith of Rethe, that ys to say Roone color or pale redde, and Glan, that is the Shore; but when Glan is set with a Worde præceding G is explodid.

1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 76/29 That the thing..quhilk wes neulie inuentit, suld be explodit, and hyit away.

a1626 F. Bacon Conc. Post-nati Scotl. in Three Speeches (1641) 343 The Court una voce exploded this reason.

1696 T. Tryon Misc. xliv. 99 Not that I wholly Explode Astrology; I believe there is something in it.

1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 46 This Method of building..having been exploded by the Hon. Board as insufficient.

1761 Case Late Resignation 3 A doctrine..what our common ballads, as well as the common sense which inspired them, have, for ages past, authorised us to explode!

1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 132 These effects..were formerly attributed to suction; a word which ought to be exploded.

1861 E. Garrett in Good Words 2 410 The old airs..are exploded for Italian bravuras.

b. transitive. Of a thing: to supersede or replace (another). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1719 F. Tolson Octavius Prince of Syra 20 A Counter-Gospel to explode the Old And all Hell's darkest Mysteries unfold.

1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. ii. 94 The famous crown-piece,..did not explode the others.

1790 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds 42 This breed is now nearly exploded, being considered..as unprofitable.

1865 Christian Examiner Mar. 249 If Workingmen's Institutes and the cheap press continue, they..will explode all the old systems.

†2.

a. transitive. To condemn or decry; to drive off, banish. Also with direct and indirect object: to exclude (a person or thing) from (something). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > audience reaction

explose?c1550

explode1563

exsibilate1601

be-Roscius1774

to get the (big) bird1825

goose1838

sibilate1864

bird1927

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by sound or exclamation

hootc1175

to clap out1550

explose?c1550

explode1563

hiss1598

exsibilate1601

to hum up, down1642

out-hiss1647

chuckle1681

catcall1700

scrape1773

groan1799

to get the (big) bird1825

boo1833

fie-fie1836

goose1838

sibilate1864

cluck1916

bird1927

slow handclap1949

tsk-tsk1966

tut1972

1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 889/1 The true causes why it [sc. the Popish masse] is to be exploded out of al churches.

1607 A. Newman Bible-bearer sig. A2^v God raise vp (especially now) trusty Chusa, prouident Ioseph, and iust Samuel, bold Elias, playne Iohn the Baptist, instant Paule, and feeding Peter: exploding & extirpating wicked Achitophel, couetous Iudas, blind Elimas, and paltry Magus.

1670 R. Graham Angliæ Speculum Morale 12 Religion is a thing they explode conversation.

1709 R. Steele et al. Tatler No. 92 in Lucubrations Isaac Bickerstaff (1710) I. 1/2 You may rule the World now it is empty, which exploded you when it was full.

a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) III. xxx. 94 Of justice and religion..He [sc. Enoch] spake exploded.

1880 M. Arnold in T. H. Ward Eng. Poets I. p. xxii If he is a dubious classic, let us sift him; if he is a false classic, let us explode him.

b. transitive. Of an audience: to drive (a performer) from the stage by clapping, booing, etc.; to halt (a performance) in this way. Obsolete.With reference to the literal meaning of classical Latin explōdere (see etymology).

ΚΠ

1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III Ep. to Rdr. Plaies are many times exploded, though the Prologue be neuer so good, and promising.

1660 A. Cowley Visions & Prophecies 52 Why they did not hisse, and explode him off of the Stage.

1728 S. Croxall tr. Æsop Fables (new ed.) cviii. 195 He was universally hiss'd and exploded off the Stege.

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. iv. vi. 39 In the Playhouse..when he doth wrong, no Critic is so apt to hiss and explode him.

1823 C. Lamb Artific. Comedy in Elia 323 Congreve and Farquhar show their heads once in seven years only, to be exploded and put down.

c. transitive. To mock or deride. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)]

teleeOE

laughOE

bismerc1000

heascenc1000

hethec1175

scornc1175

hokera1225

betell?c1225

scorn?c1225

forhushc1275

to make scorn at, toc1320

boba1382

bemow1388

lakea1400

bobby14..

triflea1450

japec1450

mock?c1450

mowc1485

to make (a) mock at?a1500

to make mocks at?a1500

scrip?a1513

illude1516

delude1526

deride1530

louta1547

to toy with ——1549–62

flout1551

skirp1568

knack1570

to fart against1574

frump1577

bourd1593

geck?a1600

scout1605

subsannate1606

railly1612

explode1618

subsannea1620

dor1655

monkeya1658

to make an ass of (someone)1680

ridicule1680

banter1682

to run one's rig upon1735

fun1811

to get the run upon1843

play1891

to poke mullock at1901

razz1918

flaunt1923

to get (or give) the razoo1926

to bust (a person's) chops1953

wolf1966

pimp1968

1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 34 When thou hast once begun to build a house, Leav't not unfinish'd, lest the..Ill-spoken crow..from her bough thy means outgone explode [G. κρώξῃ].

3. transitive. To reveal or expose the true nature of (a thing appearing to be something else); to discredit or disprove (an opinion, theory, or myth).In later use influenced by sense 5a.In quot. 1768 with allusion to sense 2b.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely

to put silence toc1384

to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464

convell1536

silence1592

to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605

explode1629

to fetch overa1640

out-argue1662

ruin1665

settle1849

scuttle1888

skyrocket1928

banjax1956

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute

unworthyc1230

alosea1325

low1340

ensclaundre1389

foulc1390

disparagea1400

deface1529

depress1550

discredit?1550

ignoblec1590

redound1591

reproach1593

blame1596

nullify1603

scandal1606

sinka1616

even1625

explode1629

disrepute1649

disrepute1651

lese1678

rogue1678

reflect1769

disconsider1849

dispraise1879

1629 S. Austin Vrania 46 All that is good would not bee so; Because thou mad'st it good, but where, or no Thou wouldst: which all our true Diuinitie Explodes as most abhorred Blasphemie.

1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D4 The Priests forged Letter..was soone after exploded by the Priests owne confession.

1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 203 I was farther hired to explode their doctrine of predestination.

1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 181 The absurdity..was so glaring that it has quite exploded that notion off the stage.

1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 266 Cullen..laboured to explode the humoral pathology.

1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages I. iii. 97 Their existence has entirely exploded the old notion that England never possessed any native romances.

1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. i. 30 When the idol has been pulverized and the lie is exploded.

1881 Nature 27 Oct. 607 I thought that I had thoroughly exploded that fallacy.

1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 133 One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them.

1960 Observer 20 Mar. 33 In recent years a number of individuals have exploded this myth.

2010 R. V. Morris Field Trip Bk. vi. 92 Just one experience can touch off a string of questions, and just one question can explode a misconception.

a. transitive. To expel or propel suddenly, esp. violently and noisily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > eject > with violence or noise

burstc1540

outbelch1558

belch1580

explode1650

1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenta Catarrhi 18 The Materiall cause of belching is a nimble Wild spirit, arising for our Aliment..yet doth never invade the Brain, unlesse, upon shutting the mouth, it chance to advance to the forepart of the head..and be thence exploded [L. elidatur] by the nostrils.

1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana i. v. 56 The insensible Particles..drive up the remainder of Quicksilver in the canale of the Tube..with such violence, as sufficeth to explode all impediments, and shiver the glass.

1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. i. 15 The effects of Lightning, exploded from the Clouds.

1771 H. Manning Treat. Female Dis. v. 207 Wind is exploded from the stomach.

1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 324 Pieces of this [coal] are frequently exploded into the room.

1858 Congregationalist & Boston Recorder 16 July 116/4 The fructification of the barberry is incomplete unless the stamens be irritated by insects, when the filaments suddenly contract..toward the germ, thus exploding the pollen.

1977 J. P. Donleavy Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1990) xxii. 319 Healy bending over double. Wobbling. Staggering... His mouth exploding vomit.

2007 A. Botts Nightmare in Bangkok (2008) 123 With barely a moment to spare, my bowels exploded diarrhea full force.

b. transitive. To exhale (air, breath). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > eject

warpc1000

wreaka1300

out-throwa1393

excludec1400

shootc1400

spitc1400

deliver?a1425

outflingc1450

springc1480

bolka1522

vomit1552

spurge1582

out-braid1586

hurl1590

cast1601

spew1605

eject1607

ejaculate1609

spew1610

to cast out1611

throw1625

eructate1632

gullop1646

explode1660

to throw off1660

belch1668

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall 352 The inspired Air..when 'tis exploded, carrys them [sc. the Exhalations of the Blood] away with it self.

1716 E. Baynard Health 27 That Air, againe the Lungs explode, When robbed of it's nitrous Load.

1847 Herald of Truth Apr. 249 Millions explode their breath in uttering the sound so delightful to every ear.

1986 B. Adams Screen Acting (1987) ix. 187 Explode the breath saying: ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, until air is expired.

a. transitive. To cause (a substance) to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction that generates a violent release of energy in the form of intense heat, light, noise, and a powerful blast; to cause (a device) to produce such a release of energy.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > work with other materials [verb (transitive)] > processes in working with explosives

explode1670

stamp1899

defuse1943

1670 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Atlas Japannensis 127 A Sulphureous and Nitrous Matter..blows up like the springing of a Mine;..in a Train it explodes other like Combustible Matter. [No corresponding passage in the Dutch original.]

1699 R. Boulton Wks. R. Boyle Epitomiz'd I. iv. xxv. 262 Some of it [sc. Noctiluca] being rubbed betwixt Folds of Paper for some time, they took Fire,..by which means the Gunpowder was exploded.

1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 192 In an exhausted receiver..neither can a bell be heard..nor gun-powder be exploded.

1802 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. I. 482 When oxygen and hydrogen gas are exploded.

1813 T. Graham Let. 1 Sept. in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XI. 61 A mine was exploded in the left angle of the counter-scarp of the hornwork, which did great damage.

1893 Daily News 16 Nov. 4/5 A bomb was exploded..outside the gendarmery barracks.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child ii. vii. 208 Conditions being favourable, it only needs a spark to explode a powder-magazine.

1940 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 87 (caption) Otto H. Mohr with his ray gun that explodes gunpowder at twenty feet.

2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 21 May i. 10/4 In 1956 the U.S. exploded the first air-dropped hydrogen bomb over Bikini atoll in the Pacific.

b. intransitive. Of a substance: to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction that generates a violent release of energy in the form of intense heat, light, noise, and a powerful blast. Of a device: to produce or give rise to such a release of energy; to blow up.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > be violent [verb (intransitive)] > explode or go off (of firearms, gunpowder, etc.)

to go off1560

fulminate1651

springa1658

explode1673

displode1812

to go up1950

the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [verb (intransitive)]

clap1509

bounce1552

fulminate1651

explode1673

detonate1729

detonize1731

chunk1890

chunk-chunk1898

1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 202 When the powder begins to melt, it will explode with a very smart crack.

1700 R. Boulton Wks. R. Boyle Epitomiz'd III. 221 The Beams of the Sun in the Summer being cast upon Gun-Powder in Vacuo, it first smoaked and then melted, but did not explode whilst I continued the use of the burning Glass.

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xxxvii. 435 Inflammable gas..which would be made to explode if it came near the flame of a candle.

1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 vii. 281 Place upon a plate a few grains of powder... As the plate becomes heated..the whole explodes.

1896 Electr. Engineer 6 Mar. 263/1 Acetylene is an endothermic gas, and therefore the possibility of it exploding when detonated is a matter that requires determination.

1927 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 123 Three of these projecting tubes..are vents for the gasoline tanks, to prevent accumulation of vapor which might explode.

1961 J. Toland But not in Shame i. v. 68 Bombs exploded near the pier, missing the ammunition dump.

2002 D. J. MacHale Merchant of Death 287 This small device will explode and that will set off the larger load. When my army hears the explosion it will be their signal to attack.

c. transitive. Of gunpowder, a charge, etc.: to cause (a bullet or other projectile) to be propelled from a gun, etc., suddenly and forcefully when ignited. Cf. sense 4a.rare in 19th cent.

ΚΠ

1676 H. More Remarks 2 Disc. 174 No man will say that the smallest charge of Gunpowder will..explode the Bullet with equal force, that a due quantity of Powder will.

1712 R. Blackmore Creation v. 257 The kindled Powder did explode The massy Ball.

1780 L. Lochée Elements of Fortification Pref. p. xv The rapid force of this new and simple composition [sc. gunpowder], exploding balls of iron from cannons and mortars.

1957 Barron's National Business & Financial Weekly 11 Feb. 17/1 The ‘gun’ perforating method, by which a powder charge exploded a bullet into the formation.

2006 R. A. Howard in B. J. Buchanan Gunpowder, Explosives & State i. 29 Military fuses..use a spiral of powder to explode projectiles into the air.

d. intransitive. Of an object: to shatter, burst, or break apart violently through the action of pressure, typically from within, scattering fragments outwards. Occasionally also transitive: to cause (an object) to shatter, burst, or break apart in this way.Also in extended or hyperbolical use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst

to-burstc893

forbursta1000

springOE

to-flyc1000

to-shootc1000

to-springc1000

to-drevea1225

to-resea1225

to-breakc1230

to go shiversc1275

to-drivec1275

to-rivec1275

to-shenec1275

to-wendc1275

debruise1297

lash13..

to-dashc1300

to-scatter13..

to-shiver13..

shiverc1330

bequash1377

shinderc1390

brasta1400

bursta1400

to-shiderc1450

to fly in pieces1488

sprent1488

splindera1500

reavec1560

dishiver1562

shatter1567

disshiver1586

split1590

slent1608

besplit1638

disrupt1657

splintera1661

rupture1734

explode1784

to ding in staves1786

to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798

spell1811

to go (also run) smash1818

to play smash1841

bust1844

splitter1860

disrump1886

to fall into staves1895

smash1904

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst

to-breakc888

briteOE

to-shenec950

abreakOE

forgnidea1000

to-brytc1000

to-burstc1000

to-driveOE

shiverc1200

to-shiverc1200

to-reavec1225

shiverc1250

debruise1297

to-crack13..

to-frushc1300

to-sliftc1315

chinec1330

littlec1350

dingc1380

bruisea1382

burst1382

rushc1390

shinderc1390

spald?a1400

brittenc1400

pashc1400

forbruise1413

to break, etc. into sherds1426

shattera1450

truncheon1477

scarboyle1502

shonk1508

to-shattera1513

rash1513

shidera1529

grind1535

infringe1543

dishiver1562

rupture1578

splinter1582

tear1582

disshiver1596

upburst1596

to burst up1601

diminish1607

confract1609

to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612

dishatter1615

vanquashc1626

beshiver1647

disfrange1778

smash1778

explode1784

bust1806

spell1811

smithereen1878

shard1900

1784 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 27/1 The height of this meteor, when it exploded directly over Tiverton, was 60 ¾ geographical miles.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 232 Let one ball..touch the ball of the charged jar..the jar will then of course explode.

1873 J. Wise Through the Air xxvii. 412 In an ascent from Dublin his balloon came in contact with a chimney on fire; the balloon exploded.

1921 Pop. Mech. Apr. 526/2 Twelve persons may play at one time, the winner being the one who first explodes the balloon assigned to him.

1932 Boys' Life May 35/1 If the gas expands from the heat of the sun or rapid ascension it can escape out of this opening, and not cause the balloon to explode.

1967 Pop. Mech. Feb. 127 As collisions occurred, some [cars] were knocked around like tenpins. Hoods flew up, windows exploded, wheels went rolling.

1971 L. Bangs in G. Marcus Psychotic Reactions (1987) 63 You will have so much sheer sheen-gleam of pure fuckin klass [sic] that your brain will explode.

2013 Sky at Night Apr. 3/1 Hazel gives us the latest on the meteor that exploded over Russia in February.

†6. intransitive. Of a Leyden jar or other capacitor: to discharge. Occasionally also transitive: to cause (a capacitor) to discharge. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 68 The charged Phial was exploded four times.

1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 110 The person, approaching his Finger near the iron Rod, will see a Succession of small Sparks..when the Phials explode at once.

1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 208 By his case of bottles being electrified fully, and made to explode at once..through a fine iron wire, the wire appeared at first red hot, and then fell into drops.

1842 Ann. Electr., Magnetism, & Chem. 9 310 This jar..explodes as soon as it acquires a force sufficient to put the electrometer into motion.

7. Figurative and metaphorical uses of sense 5.

a. intransitive. Of something inanimate or abstract, evoking variously the suddenness, violence, energy, intensity, or appearance of an explosion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > become diseased [verb (intransitive)] > arise > suddenly

explode1793

fulminate1872

1793 B. Vaughan Lett. Concert Princes Pref. p. li Affirmers and refuters, motion-makers and motion-spoilers, mob-leaders and mobs, are severally brought into play, and thus the plot gradually gathers and explodes.

1794 Shakspeare Gallery ii. 10 His disquiet especially explodes in noticing the phantom he sees, after being informed of Banquo's murder.

1811 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 2 193 Intemperance..prepared the human frame, as if it had been a combustible body, to explode into fever before the torch of the sun.

1818 New Ann. Reg. 1817 Brit. & Foreign Hist. 60/2 A desperate conspiracy which threatened an explosion, and which had, in point of fact, exploded already.

1858 L. Twining Workhouses & Women's Work 8 Such elements thrown together can hardly do otherwise than ferment, and ultimately explode.

1882 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 35 574 The irritation..may..develop gradually, or explode suddenly, into an actual inflammation.

1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 63 ‘Confound him!’ or some stronger expletive exploded from the Earl's lips.

1920 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 May 694/2 [The] pain explodes along the nerve like fireworks or hot electric wires.

1929 C. Day Lewis Transitional Poem xx. 42 The sun's hot arsenal spent On a cloud salient Till the air explodes with light.

1979 Boxoffice 15 Jan. 3/2 Paramount films don't just tiptoe into theatres.., they explode into the public consciousness.

1984 Washington Informer 24 Oct. 27 I..discovered the power of fresh fruit firsthand. The taste just explodes in your mouth.

1991 K. Stewart Dangerous Bargain 236 Pleasure exploded through her at his expert touch.

2005 B. Sloan Brotherhood of Heroes 349 Well-tended flower beds exploding with colour.

2015 L. Coulthard in B. K. Grant Dread of Difference xxiii. 492 The inner tensions evident in the sparse dialogue between the men..hint at the violence that will soon explode.

b. intransitive. Of a person: to give sudden, violent, or free expression to an emotion or reaction; esp. to give sudden vent to anger. Also: to be unable to contain one's emotions, impatience, etc. Frequently with with.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > passion > be or become affected with passion [verb (intransitive)] > (be ready to) burst out

anburstc1275

boilc1386

to fly outc1400

flamea1591

flush1601

overboil1611

burst1633

bust1705

outblazea1711

explode1834

the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > explode with or give vent to anger

to fly outc1400

to flame out, upa1701

explode1834

detonate1836

plotzc1920

1834 J. Morier Ayesha I. 236 He would have exploded with anger but for the beautiful form and imploring attitude before him.

1867 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza II. 280 The effect produced made the crowd..explode with laughter.

1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 63 Conscious that I must certainly explode if he kept me for another half-minute.

1928 C. E. Russell A-rafting on Mississip' ix. 161 Samuel nearly exploded with joy and pride.

1980 A. Maupin More Tales of City (1989) xii. 48 The fall soiree at which Jon Fielding had suddenly exploded, exiting in a terrible huff.

1989 Newsday (Nexis) 30 Dec. ii. 17 If you smoked ‘sensi, you can rock irie’, she rapped, and the crowd exploded.

2014 Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 22 Oct. 5 Salas exploded with anger.., expressing her displeasure with what she saw as a lenient sentence.

c. transitive. With direct speech as object: to shout angrily; to say loudly and abruptly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > utter loudly or angrily

yeiea1225

call?c1250

soundc1374

ringa1400

upcasta1400

barkc1440

resound?c1525

blustera1535

brawl1563

thunder1592

out-thunder?1611

peal1611

tonitruate1623

intonatea1631

mouth1700

rip1828

boom1837

explode1839

clamour1856

blare1859

foghorn1886

megaphone1901

gruff1925

loudmouth1931

woof1934

1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 358/1 ‘Confound your blood!’ exploded Mr. Gingersall, losing temper and patience together.

1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth IV. xv. 169 ‘Good lad! good lad!’ exploded the landlord.

1901 Munsey's Mag. Aug. 711/2 ‘It was Lanse—Lanse all the time,’ he exploded. ‘Oh, wasn't that one on me!’

1936 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 59/2 ‘Sweet pickles!’ exploded Commissioner Mellman, going pale.

1988 R. Caron Jojo iii. 34 ‘Damn you!’ he exploded and unleashed a powerful haymaker, smashing Hector's jaw with the force of a sledgehammer.

2003 C. Birch Turn again Home ii. 27 ‘Well, it's all right for some, isn't it?’ she exploded, going red.

d. intransitive. Of a person or animal: to emerge suddenly or unexpectedly from a place; to move suddenly and energetically to or from a place. With from, into, out of, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly

springeOE

outleaplOE

outspring?a1200

loukc1275

start?1316

bursta1325

to start outa1382

out-braida1400

sprentc1400

thringa1500

flush1548

flunge1582

protrude1626

explode1840

flounce1865

plunge1891

dartle1893

1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 9/2 We..rushed down forty-five stairs, and exploded from the house with a fury.

1878 Quiver Jan. 644/1 The young ones exploded out of the room in all directions.

1941 C. Beaton Diary Apr. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xi. 88 The first crews..peeling off layers of gloves, jackets and scarves, explode into the guard room.

1986 M. Salzman Iron & Silk (1990) 77 She would explode through my door and into the room.

2014 G. Hurwitz Don't look Back v. 32 He exploded out of the foliage ten feet above the river, hanging from a hand trolley.

e. transitive. Of a person: to direct (attitudes or feelings) forcefully or destructively upon or towards something or someone. rare.

ΚΠ

1841 Brit. Mag. Dec. 607 Mr. Cattley..exploded all this conceit and insolence upon a matter which very particularly displays his ignorance and negligence.

1961 National Safety Congr. (U.S.) Trans. V. 24/1 He literally exploded resentment towards this man when given the opportunity.

f. transitive. To cause (a person) to react violently or dramatically; esp. to make (a person) very angry.

ΚΠ

1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 256 They [sc. Italians] explode each other on mere contact..like two hostile gases.

1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay i. iii. 85 She had picked up her own glove by the finger, and looking innocently but intently sideways, had suddenly by this simple expedient exploded my uncle altogether.

1954 R. Bradbury in Beyond Fantasy Fiction Mar. 132/1 The least thing I say absolutely explodes them. Odd. My jokes at the office always met a stony wall.

1979 B. Fleming Captain Bennett's Folly i, in Two Tales for Autumn 18 I told him he had mentioned ‘next week’, I thought I could manage next week, but when this almost exploded him I changed it to ‘Tomorrow? Tomorrow morning?’

g. transitive. To bring (something) to an end suddenly or destructively; to ruin, destroy.Cf. also later use of sense 3.

ΚΠ

1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 11 The plot was exploded by the committal of Somerset..to the Tower.

1908 R. N. Bain Slavonic Europe xii. 255 On both occasions Sapieha's partisans exploded the Diet before it had time to consider the case.

1983 W. Goldman Adventures in Screen Trade 196 I insisted on being paid first. I was told that would explode the deal, which was based on no one getting paid till the movie was done.

2009 J. Sperber Europe 1850–1914 (2013) vi. 78 Russia's defeat in the Crimean War..completely exploded both major features of the Vienna settlement, eliminating the anti-French coalition and the joint action of the peripheral Powers.

(a) intransitive. To increase suddenly in size, number, or extent; to grow, expand, or develop rapidly.

ΚΠ

1957 Sun (Baltimore) 16 May 9/6 We have not kept up with the demand [for air traffic control]..with an industry that has exploded in the last four or five years.

1964 Observer 19 July 6/2 When demand exploded, the dealers, mostly short of copper, ran for cover.

1998 AUUGN Nov. 17/1 The Internet is exploding, and e-commerce is going to explode.

2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 9 June 23/4 The power crisis that caused energy costs to explode.

2015 V. C. Broaddus et al. Murray & Nadel's Textbk. Respiratory Med. (ed. 6) iii. xlvi. 819/2 The use of e-cigarettes has exploded since they were first marketed in 2006.

(b) intransitive. spec. Of a population: to grow rapidly in size. Cf. population explosion n. at population n.¹ Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb (intransitive)] > give birth > of population: increase rapidly

explode1958

1958 Amer. Catholic Sociol. Rev. 19 351 Catholicism will soon be in even greater peril as this population ‘explodes’.

1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 672/2 Population has ‘exploded’ only in the last three centuries because of our new-found science, technology and humanity.

1980 Times 18 Feb. 5/1 (headline) Chaos foreseen as world population explodes.

2015 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Mar. 10 If there is a curfew on cats, surely the rat and mouse population will explode.

8. transitive. Golf. To play (a ball) from a bunker by forcefully striking the sand behind it. Also intransitive: to play a shot of this type. Cf. explosion n. 8.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > type of play or stroke

drive1743

draw1842

heel1857

hook1857

loft1857

founder1878

to top a ball1881

chip1889

duff1890

pull1890

slice1890

undercut1891

hack1893

toe1893

spoon1896

borrow1897

overdrive1900

trickle1902

bolt1909

niblick1909

socket1911

birdie1921

eagle1921

shank1925

explode1926

bird1930

three-putt1946

bogey1948

double-bogey1952

fade1953

1926 Times 10 July 6/5 To get into a bunker at the very first hole.., to have to decide whether to take it cleanly or ‘explode’ it—that is my private nightmare.

1951 Times of India 28 Dec. 6/6 Malik could only explode his ball just on to the green.

1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Apr. c1 Watson gambled,..had to explode from a fairway trap..then missed one of those short knee-knocker par putts that he usually slams in the back of the cup.

2011 K. Palacios-Jansen Golf Fitness 58 In the sand you actually want to hit the sand first to explode the ball out of the bunker.

Phrases

to explode on (also on to) the scene: to appear suddenly at a particular time, place, etc.; to gain immediate or rapid popularity, influence, or success.Also with modifying word preceding scene, specifying the context in which something appears.

ΚΠ

1951 Atlanta Constit. 8 Aug. 24/2 The real birth of Detroit came in 1898 when Charles B. King and Henry Ford exploded on the scene with their inventions.

1969 Christian Sci. Monitor 26 Mar. 18/1 Moulded flexible urethane is exploding onto the home furnishings scene.

1989 Q Dec. 161/1 Duran Duran exploded upon a stagnant pop scene on the bespoke shirt tails of the New Romantics.

2010 T. Bunzel Tools of Engagement v. 109 Twitter exploded onto the scene seemingly from nowhere.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	explode
释义	explodev. Brit. /ᵻkˈspləʊd/, /ɛkˈspləʊd/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsploʊd/, /ɛkˈsploʊd/ Forms: 1500s– explode, 1600s explaud, 1600s expload, 1600s exploid. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin explōdere, explaudere. Etymology: < classical Latin explōdere, variant of explaudere to drive out by clapping, hiss (a player) off the stage, to eject, cast out, to reject, condemn, in post-classical Latin also to abolish (4th cent.), to burst (from 8th cent. in British sources; 16th cent. in continental sources), to show up, expose (from 8th cent. in British sources) < ex- ex- prefix¹ + plaudere plaud v. Compare German explodieren to reject, discard (1539), (reborrowed < English) (of a substance) to burst (1808). Compare slightly earlier explosion n.; the semantic development of the two words has been closely linked. Compare also explose v.With the use in sense 2b compare French †exploder, in same sense (1611 in Cotgrave; rare); the French verb for ‘to explode’ is exploser (1801). †1. a. transitive. To reject or discard (something, esp. an opinion, proposal, or custom). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > reject contemptuously spurnc1000 defyc1320 refusec1350 to kick against or ata1425 spurn1526 asperne1548 explodea1552 to cast (also throw) at one's heels1555 mock1558 foot1600 outscout1602 slighta1616 scout1710 stuff1955 a1552 J. Leland Itinerary (1711) V. 47 Rudelan..commith of Rethe, that ys to say Roone color or pale redde, and Glan, that is the Shore; but when Glan is set with a Worde præceding G is explodid. 1563 N. Winȝet Certain Tractates (1890) II. 76/29 That the thing..quhilk wes neulie inuentit, suld be explodit, and hyit away. a1626 F. Bacon Conc. Post-nati Scotl. in Three Speeches (1641) 343 The Court una voce exploded this reason. 1696 T. Tryon Misc. xliv. 99 Not that I wholly Explode Astrology; I believe there is something in it. 1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 46 This Method of building..having been exploded by the Hon. Board as insufficient. 1761 Case Late Resignation 3 A doctrine..what our common ballads, as well as the common sense which inspired them, have, for ages past, authorised us to explode! 1822 T. Webster Imison's Elem. Sci. & Art (new ed.) I. 132 These effects..were formerly attributed to suction; a word which ought to be exploded. 1861 E. Garrett in Good Words 2 410 The old airs..are exploded for Italian bravuras. b. transitive. Of a thing: to supersede or replace (another). Obsolete. ΚΠ 1719 F. Tolson Octavius Prince of Syra 20 A Counter-Gospel to explode the Old And all Hell's darkest Mysteries unfold. 1763 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting III. ii. 94 The famous crown-piece,..did not explode the others. 1790 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Gen. Hist. Quadrupeds 42 This breed is now nearly exploded, being considered..as unprofitable. 1865 Christian Examiner Mar. 249 If Workingmen's Institutes and the cheap press continue, they..will explode all the old systems. †2. a. transitive. To condemn or decry; to drive off, banish. Also with direct and indirect object: to exclude (a person or thing) from (something). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > perform [verb (transitive)] > audience reaction explose?c1550 explode1563 exsibilate1601 be-Roscius1774 to get the (big) bird1825 goose1838 sibilate1864 bird1927 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > disapprove of [verb (transitive)] > express disapproval of > by sound or exclamation hootc1175 to clap out1550 explose?c1550 explode1563 hiss1598 exsibilate1601 to hum up, down1642 out-hiss1647 chuckle1681 catcall1700 scrape1773 groan1799 to get the (big) bird1825 boo1833 fie-fie1836 goose1838 sibilate1864 cluck1916 bird1927 slow handclap1949 tsk-tsk1966 tut1972 1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 889/1 The true causes why it [sc. the Popish masse] is to be exploded out of al churches. 1607 A. Newman Bible-bearer sig. A2^v God raise vp (especially now) trusty Chusa, prouident Ioseph, and iust Samuel, bold Elias, playne Iohn the Baptist, instant Paule, and feeding Peter: exploding & extirpating wicked Achitophel, couetous Iudas, blind Elimas, and paltry Magus. 1670 R. Graham Angliæ Speculum Morale 12 Religion is a thing they explode conversation. 1709 R. Steele et al. Tatler No. 92 in Lucubrations Isaac Bickerstaff (1710) I. 1/2 You may rule the World now it is empty, which exploded you when it was full. a1785 R. Glover Athenaid (1787) III. xxx. 94 Of justice and religion..He [sc. Enoch] spake exploded. 1880 M. Arnold in T. H. Ward Eng. Poets I. p. xxii If he is a dubious classic, let us sift him; if he is a false classic, let us explode him. b. transitive. Of an audience: to drive (a performer) from the stage by clapping, booing, etc.; to halt (a performance) in this way. Obsolete.With reference to the literal meaning of classical Latin explōdere (see etymology). ΚΠ 1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III Ep. to Rdr. Plaies are many times exploded, though the Prologue be neuer so good, and promising. 1660 A. Cowley Visions & Prophecies 52 Why they did not hisse, and explode him off of the Stage. 1728 S. Croxall tr. Æsop Fables (new ed.) cviii. 195 He was universally hiss'd and exploded off the Stege. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones III. iv. vi. 39 In the Playhouse..when he doth wrong, no Critic is so apt to hiss and explode him. View more context for this quotation 1823 C. Lamb Artific. Comedy in Elia 323 Congreve and Farquhar show their heads once in seven years only, to be exploded and put down. c. transitive. To mock or deride. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > deride, ridicule, or mock [verb (transitive)] teleeOE laughOE bismerc1000 heascenc1000 hethec1175 scornc1175 hokera1225 betell?c1225 scorn?c1225 forhushc1275 to make scorn at, toc1320 boba1382 bemow1388 lakea1400 bobby14.. triflea1450 japec1450 mock?c1450 mowc1485 to make (a) mock at?a1500 to make mocks at?a1500 scrip?a1513 illude1516 delude1526 deride1530 louta1547 to toy with ——1549–62 flout1551 skirp1568 knack1570 to fart against1574 frump1577 bourd1593 geck?a1600 scout1605 subsannate1606 railly1612 explode1618 subsannea1620 dor1655 monkeya1658 to make an ass of (someone)1680 ridicule1680 banter1682 to run one's rig upon1735 fun1811 to get the run upon1843 play1891 to poke mullock at1901 razz1918 flaunt1923 to get (or give) the razoo1926 to bust (a person's) chops1953 wolf1966 pimp1968 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 34 When thou hast once begun to build a house, Leav't not unfinish'd, lest the..Ill-spoken crow..from her bough thy means outgone explode [G. κρώξῃ]. 3. transitive. To reveal or expose the true nature of (a thing appearing to be something else); to discredit or disprove (an opinion, theory, or myth).In later use influenced by sense 5a.In quot. 1768 with allusion to sense 2b. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > refutation, disproof > refute, disprove [verb (transitive)] > completely to put silence toc1384 to put (a person or thing) to silencea1464 convell1536 silence1592 to reduce (a person or thing) to silence1605 explode1629 to fetch overa1640 out-argue1662 ruin1665 settle1849 scuttle1888 skyrocket1928 banjax1956 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > detract from [verb (transitive)] > bring discredit on or bring into disrepute unworthyc1230 alosea1325 low1340 ensclaundre1389 foulc1390 disparagea1400 deface1529 depress1550 discredit?1550 ignoblec1590 redound1591 reproach1593 blame1596 nullify1603 scandal1606 sinka1616 even1625 explode1629 disrepute1649 disrepute1651 lese1678 rogue1678 reflect1769 disconsider1849 dispraise1879 1629 S. Austin Vrania 46 All that is good would not bee so; Because thou mad'st it good, but where, or no Thou wouldst: which all our true Diuinitie Explodes as most abhorred Blasphemie. 1641 Naunton's Fragmenta Regalia sig. D4 The Priests forged Letter..was soone after exploded by the Priests owne confession. 1764 ‘G. Psalmanazar’ Memoirs 203 I was farther hired to explode their doctrine of predestination. 1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 181 The absurdity..was so glaring that it has quite exploded that notion off the stage. 1808 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 19 266 Cullen..laboured to explode the humoral pathology. 1846 T. Wright Ess. Middle Ages I. iii. 97 Their existence has entirely exploded the old notion that England never possessed any native romances. 1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. i. 30 When the idol has been pulverized and the lie is exploded. 1881 Nature 27 Oct. 607 I thought that I had thoroughly exploded that fallacy. 1927 A. Conan Doyle Case-bk. Sherlock Holmes 133 One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. 1960 Observer 20 Mar. 33 In recent years a number of individuals have exploded this myth. 2010 R. V. Morris Field Trip Bk. vi. 92 Just one experience can touch off a string of questions, and just one question can explode a misconception. 4. a. transitive. To expel or propel suddenly, esp. violently and noisily. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > eject > with violence or noise burstc1540 outbelch1558 belch1580 explode1650 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Deliramenta Catarrhi 18 The Materiall cause of belching is a nimble Wild spirit, arising for our Aliment..yet doth never invade the Brain, unlesse, upon shutting the mouth, it chance to advance to the forepart of the head..and be thence exploded [L. elidatur] by the nostrils. 1654 W. Charleton Physiologia Epicuro-Gassendo-Charltoniana i. v. 56 The insensible Particles..drive up the remainder of Quicksilver in the canale of the Tube..with such violence, as sufficeth to explode all impediments, and shiver the glass. 1686 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Staffs. i. 15 The effects of Lightning, exploded from the Clouds. 1771 H. Manning Treat. Female Dis. v. 207 Wind is exploded from the stomach. 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. III. 324 Pieces of this [coal] are frequently exploded into the room. 1858 Congregationalist & Boston Recorder 16 July 116/4 The fructification of the barberry is incomplete unless the stamens be irritated by insects, when the filaments suddenly contract..toward the germ, thus exploding the pollen. 1977 J. P. Donleavy Destinies of Darcy Dancer, Gentleman (1990) xxii. 319 Healy bending over double. Wobbling. Staggering... His mouth exploding vomit. 2007 A. Botts Nightmare in Bangkok (2008) 123 With barely a moment to spare, my bowels exploded diarrhea full force. b. transitive. To exhale (air, breath). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > letting or sending out > let or send out [verb (transitive)] > eject warpc1000 wreaka1300 out-throwa1393 excludec1400 shootc1400 spitc1400 deliver?a1425 outflingc1450 springc1480 bolka1522 vomit1552 spurge1582 out-braid1586 hurl1590 cast1601 spew1605 eject1607 ejaculate1609 spew1610 to cast out1611 throw1625 eructate1632 gullop1646 explode1660 to throw off1660 belch1668 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall 352 The inspired Air..when 'tis exploded, carrys them [sc. the Exhalations of the Blood] away with it self. 1716 E. Baynard Health 27 That Air, againe the Lungs explode, When robbed of it's nitrous Load. 1847 Herald of Truth Apr. 249 Millions explode their breath in uttering the sound so delightful to every ear. 1986 B. Adams Screen Acting (1987) ix. 187 Explode the breath saying: ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, until air is expired. 5. a. transitive. To cause (a substance) to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction that generates a violent release of energy in the form of intense heat, light, noise, and a powerful blast; to cause (a device) to produce such a release of energy. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > working with specific materials > working with other materials > work with other materials [verb (transitive)] > processes in working with explosives explode1670 stamp1899 defuse1943 1670 J. Ogilby tr. A. Montanus Atlas Japannensis 127 A Sulphureous and Nitrous Matter..blows up like the springing of a Mine;..in a Train it explodes other like Combustible Matter. [No corresponding passage in the Dutch original.] 1699 R. Boulton Wks. R. Boyle Epitomiz'd I. iv. xxv. 262 Some of it [sc. Noctiluca] being rubbed betwixt Folds of Paper for some time, they took Fire,..by which means the Gunpowder was exploded. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature I. 192 In an exhausted receiver..neither can a bell be heard..nor gun-powder be exploded. 1802 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. I. 482 When oxygen and hydrogen gas are exploded. 1813 T. Graham Let. 1 Sept. in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1838) XI. 61 A mine was exploded in the left angle of the counter-scarp of the hornwork, which did great damage. 1893 Daily News 16 Nov. 4/5 A bomb was exploded..outside the gendarmery barracks. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse Their Mutual Child ii. vii. 208 Conditions being favourable, it only needs a spark to explode a powder-magazine. 1940 Pop. Sci. Monthly July 87 (caption) Otto H. Mohr with his ray gun that explodes gunpowder at twenty feet. 2004 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 21 May i. 10/4 In 1956 the U.S. exploded the first air-dropped hydrogen bomb over Bikini atoll in the Pacific. b. intransitive. Of a substance: to undergo a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction that generates a violent release of energy in the form of intense heat, light, noise, and a powerful blast. Of a device: to produce or give rise to such a release of energy; to blow up. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > be violent [verb (intransitive)] > explode or go off (of firearms, gunpowder, etc.) to go off1560 fulminate1651 springa1658 explode1673 displode1812 to go up1950 the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [verb (intransitive)] clap1509 bounce1552 fulminate1651 explode1673 detonate1729 detonize1731 chunk1890 chunk-chunk1898 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 202 When the powder begins to melt, it will explode with a very smart crack. 1700 R. Boulton Wks. R. Boyle Epitomiz'd III. 221 The Beams of the Sun in the Summer being cast upon Gun-Powder in Vacuo, it first smoaked and then melted, but did not explode whilst I continued the use of the burning Glass. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. I. xxxvii. 435 Inflammable gas..which would be made to explode if it came near the flame of a candle. 1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 vii. 281 Place upon a plate a few grains of powder... As the plate becomes heated..the whole explodes. 1896 Electr. Engineer 6 Mar. 263/1 Acetylene is an endothermic gas, and therefore the possibility of it exploding when detonated is a matter that requires determination. 1927 Pop. Sci. Monthly Aug. 123 Three of these projecting tubes..are vents for the gasoline tanks, to prevent accumulation of vapor which might explode. 1961 J. Toland But not in Shame i. v. 68 Bombs exploded near the pier, missing the ammunition dump. 2002 D. J. MacHale Merchant of Death 287 This small device will explode and that will set off the larger load. When my army hears the explosion it will be their signal to attack. c. transitive. Of gunpowder, a charge, etc.: to cause (a bullet or other projectile) to be propelled from a gun, etc., suddenly and forcefully when ignited. Cf. sense 4a.rare in 19th cent. ΚΠ 1676 H. More Remarks 2 Disc. 174 No man will say that the smallest charge of Gunpowder will..explode the Bullet with equal force, that a due quantity of Powder will. 1712 R. Blackmore Creation v. 257 The kindled Powder did explode The massy Ball. 1780 L. Lochée Elements of Fortification Pref. p. xv The rapid force of this new and simple composition [sc. gunpowder], exploding balls of iron from cannons and mortars. 1957 Barron's National Business & Financial Weekly 11 Feb. 17/1 The ‘gun’ perforating method, by which a powder charge exploded a bullet into the formation. 2006 R. A. Howard in B. J. Buchanan Gunpowder, Explosives & State i. 29 Military fuses..use a spiral of powder to explode projectiles into the air. d. intransitive. Of an object: to shatter, burst, or break apart violently through the action of pressure, typically from within, scattering fragments outwards. Occasionally also transitive: to cause (an object) to shatter, burst, or break apart in this way.Also in extended or hyperbolical use. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst to-burstc893 forbursta1000 springOE to-flyc1000 to-shootc1000 to-springc1000 to-drevea1225 to-resea1225 to-breakc1230 to go shiversc1275 to-drivec1275 to-rivec1275 to-shenec1275 to-wendc1275 debruise1297 lash13.. to-dashc1300 to-scatter13.. to-shiver13.. shiverc1330 bequash1377 shinderc1390 brasta1400 bursta1400 to-shiderc1450 to fly in pieces1488 sprent1488 splindera1500 reavec1560 dishiver1562 shatter1567 disshiver1586 split1590 slent1608 besplit1638 disrupt1657 splintera1661 rupture1734 explode1784 to ding in staves1786 to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798 spell1811 to go (also run) smash1818 to play smash1841 bust1844 splitter1860 disrump1886 to fall into staves1895 smash1904 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > break to pieces, shatter, or burst to-breakc888 briteOE to-shenec950 abreakOE forgnidea1000 to-brytc1000 to-burstc1000 to-driveOE shiverc1200 to-shiverc1200 to-reavec1225 shiverc1250 debruise1297 to-crack13.. to-frushc1300 to-sliftc1315 chinec1330 littlec1350 dingc1380 bruisea1382 burst1382 rushc1390 shinderc1390 spald?a1400 brittenc1400 pashc1400 forbruise1413 to break, etc. into sherds1426 shattera1450 truncheon1477 scarboyle1502 shonk1508 to-shattera1513 rash1513 shidera1529 grind1535 infringe1543 dishiver1562 rupture1578 splinter1582 tear1582 disshiver1596 upburst1596 to burst up1601 diminish1607 confract1609 to blow (shiver, smash, tear, etc.) to or into atoms1612 dishatter1615 vanquashc1626 beshiver1647 disfrange1778 smash1778 explode1784 bust1806 spell1811 smithereen1878 shard1900 1784 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 27/1 The height of this meteor, when it exploded directly over Tiverton, was 60 ¾ geographical miles. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 232 Let one ball..touch the ball of the charged jar..the jar will then of course explode. 1873 J. Wise Through the Air xxvii. 412 In an ascent from Dublin his balloon came in contact with a chimney on fire; the balloon exploded. 1921 Pop. Mech. Apr. 526/2 Twelve persons may play at one time, the winner being the one who first explodes the balloon assigned to him. 1932 Boys' Life May 35/1 If the gas expands from the heat of the sun or rapid ascension it can escape out of this opening, and not cause the balloon to explode. 1967 Pop. Mech. Feb. 127 As collisions occurred, some [cars] were knocked around like tenpins. Hoods flew up, windows exploded, wheels went rolling. 1971 L. Bangs in G. Marcus Psychotic Reactions (1987) 63 You will have so much sheer sheen-gleam of pure fuckin klass [sic] that your brain will explode. 2013 Sky at Night Apr. 3/1 Hazel gives us the latest on the meteor that exploded over Russia in February. †6. intransitive. Of a Leyden jar or other capacitor: to discharge. Occasionally also transitive: to cause (a capacitor) to discharge. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 68 The charged Phial was exploded four times. 1748 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 45 110 The person, approaching his Finger near the iron Rod, will see a Succession of small Sparks..when the Phials explode at once. 1764 Philos. Trans. 1763 (Royal Soc.) 53 208 By his case of bottles being electrified fully, and made to explode at once..through a fine iron wire, the wire appeared at first red hot, and then fell into drops. 1842 Ann. Electr., Magnetism, & Chem. 9 310 This jar..explodes as soon as it acquires a force sufficient to put the electrometer into motion. 7. Figurative and metaphorical uses of sense 5. a. intransitive. Of something inanimate or abstract, evoking variously the suddenness, violence, energy, intensity, or appearance of an explosion. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > become diseased [verb (intransitive)] > arise > suddenly explode1793 fulminate1872 1793 B. Vaughan Lett. Concert Princes Pref. p. li Affirmers and refuters, motion-makers and motion-spoilers, mob-leaders and mobs, are severally brought into play, and thus the plot gradually gathers and explodes. 1794 Shakspeare Gallery ii. 10 His disquiet especially explodes in noticing the phantom he sees, after being informed of Banquo's murder. 1811 Medico-chirurg. Trans. 2 193 Intemperance..prepared the human frame, as if it had been a combustible body, to explode into fever before the torch of the sun. 1818 New Ann. Reg. 1817 Brit. & Foreign Hist. 60/2 A desperate conspiracy which threatened an explosion, and which had, in point of fact, exploded already. 1858 L. Twining Workhouses & Women's Work 8 Such elements thrown together can hardly do otherwise than ferment, and ultimately explode. 1882 N.Y. Med. Jrnl. 35 574 The irritation..may..develop gradually, or explode suddenly, into an actual inflammation. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon I. 63 ‘Confound him!’ or some stronger expletive exploded from the Earl's lips. 1920 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 22 May 694/2 [The] pain explodes along the nerve like fireworks or hot electric wires. 1929 C. Day Lewis Transitional Poem xx. 42 The sun's hot arsenal spent On a cloud salient Till the air explodes with light. 1979 Boxoffice 15 Jan. 3/2 Paramount films don't just tiptoe into theatres.., they explode into the public consciousness. 1984 Washington Informer 24 Oct. 27 I..discovered the power of fresh fruit firsthand. The taste just explodes in your mouth. 1991 K. Stewart Dangerous Bargain 236 Pleasure exploded through her at his expert touch. 2005 B. Sloan Brotherhood of Heroes 349 Well-tended flower beds exploding with colour. 2015 L. Coulthard in B. K. Grant Dread of Difference xxiii. 492 The inner tensions evident in the sparse dialogue between the men..hint at the violence that will soon explode. b. intransitive. Of a person: to give sudden, violent, or free expression to an emotion or reaction; esp. to give sudden vent to anger. Also: to be unable to contain one's emotions, impatience, etc. Frequently with with. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > be or become affected with passion [verb (intransitive)] > (be ready to) burst out anburstc1275 boilc1386 to fly outc1400 flamea1591 flush1601 overboil1611 burst1633 bust1705 outblazea1711 explode1834 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > show anger [verb (intransitive)] > explode with or give vent to anger to fly outc1400 to flame out, upa1701 explode1834 detonate1836 plotzc1920 1834 J. Morier Ayesha I. 236 He would have exploded with anger but for the beautiful form and imploring attitude before him. 1867 S. W. Baker Albert N'yanza II. 280 The effect produced made the crowd..explode with laughter. 1888 J. W. Burgon Lives Twelve Good Men II. v. 63 Conscious that I must certainly explode if he kept me for another half-minute. 1928 C. E. Russell A-rafting on Mississip' ix. 161 Samuel nearly exploded with joy and pride. 1980 A. Maupin More Tales of City (1989) xii. 48 The fall soiree at which Jon Fielding had suddenly exploded, exiting in a terrible huff. 1989 Newsday (Nexis) 30 Dec. ii. 17 If you smoked ‘sensi, you can rock irie’, she rapped, and the crowd exploded. 2014 Daily Gleaner (New Brunswick) (Nexis) 22 Oct. 5 Salas exploded with anger.., expressing her displeasure with what she saw as a lenient sentence. c. transitive. With direct speech as object: to shout angrily; to say loudly and abruptly. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > manner of speaking > say in a particular manner [verb (transitive)] > utter loudly or angrily yeiea1225 call?c1250 soundc1374 ringa1400 upcasta1400 barkc1440 resound?c1525 blustera1535 brawl1563 thunder1592 out-thunder?1611 peal1611 tonitruate1623 intonatea1631 mouth1700 rip1828 boom1837 explode1839 clamour1856 blare1859 foghorn1886 megaphone1901 gruff1925 loudmouth1931 woof1934 1839 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 358/1 ‘Confound your blood!’ exploded Mr. Gingersall, losing temper and patience together. 1861 C. Reade Cloister & Hearth IV. xv. 169 ‘Good lad! good lad!’ exploded the landlord. 1901 Munsey's Mag. Aug. 711/2 ‘It was Lanse—Lanse all the time,’ he exploded. ‘Oh, wasn't that one on me!’ 1936 Street & Smith's Western Story Mag. 14 Mar. 59/2 ‘Sweet pickles!’ exploded Commissioner Mellman, going pale. 1988 R. Caron Jojo iii. 34 ‘Damn you!’ he exploded and unleashed a powerful haymaker, smashing Hector's jaw with the force of a sledgehammer. 2003 C. Birch Turn again Home ii. 27 ‘Well, it's all right for some, isn't it?’ she exploded, going red. d. intransitive. Of a person or animal: to emerge suddenly or unexpectedly from a place; to move suddenly and energetically to or from a place. With from, into, out of, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly springeOE outleaplOE outspring?a1200 loukc1275 start?1316 bursta1325 to start outa1382 out-braida1400 sprentc1400 thringa1500 flush1548 flunge1582 protrude1626 explode1840 flounce1865 plunge1891 dartle1893 1840 T. De Quincey Style in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 9/2 We..rushed down forty-five stairs, and exploded from the house with a fury. 1878 Quiver Jan. 644/1 The young ones exploded out of the room in all directions. 1941 C. Beaton Diary Apr. in Self Portrait with Friends (1979) xi. 88 The first crews..peeling off layers of gloves, jackets and scarves, explode into the guard room. 1986 M. Salzman Iron & Silk (1990) 77 She would explode through my door and into the room. 2014 G. Hurwitz Don't look Back v. 32 He exploded out of the foliage ten feet above the river, hanging from a hand trolley. e. transitive. Of a person: to direct (attitudes or feelings) forcefully or destructively upon or towards something or someone. rare. ΚΠ 1841 Brit. Mag. Dec. 607 Mr. Cattley..exploded all this conceit and insolence upon a matter which very particularly displays his ignorance and negligence. 1961 National Safety Congr. (U.S.) Trans. V. 24/1 He literally exploded resentment towards this man when given the opportunity. f. transitive. To cause (a person) to react violently or dramatically; esp. to make (a person) very angry. ΚΠ 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 256 They [sc. Italians] explode each other on mere contact..like two hostile gases. 1909 H. G. Wells Tono-Bungay i. iii. 85 She had picked up her own glove by the finger, and looking innocently but intently sideways, had suddenly by this simple expedient exploded my uncle altogether. 1954 R. Bradbury in Beyond Fantasy Fiction Mar. 132/1 The least thing I say absolutely explodes them. Odd. My jokes at the office always met a stony wall. 1979 B. Fleming Captain Bennett's Folly i, in Two Tales for Autumn 18 I told him he had mentioned ‘next week’, I thought I could manage next week, but when this almost exploded him I changed it to ‘Tomorrow? Tomorrow morning?’ g. transitive. To bring (something) to an end suddenly or destructively; to ruin, destroy.Cf. also later use of sense 3. ΚΠ 1878 R. Simpson School of Shakspere I. 11 The plot was exploded by the committal of Somerset..to the Tower. 1908 R. N. Bain Slavonic Europe xii. 255 On both occasions Sapieha's partisans exploded the Diet before it had time to consider the case. 1983 W. Goldman Adventures in Screen Trade 196 I insisted on being paid first. I was told that would explode the deal, which was based on no one getting paid till the movie was done. 2009 J. Sperber Europe 1850–1914 (2013) vi. 78 Russia's defeat in the Crimean War..completely exploded both major features of the Vienna settlement, eliminating the anti-French coalition and the joint action of the peripheral Powers. h. (a) intransitive. To increase suddenly in size, number, or extent; to grow, expand, or develop rapidly. ΚΠ 1957 Sun (Baltimore) 16 May 9/6 We have not kept up with the demand [for air traffic control]..with an industry that has exploded in the last four or five years. 1964 Observer 19 July 6/2 When demand exploded, the dealers, mostly short of copper, ran for cover. 1998 AUUGN Nov. 17/1 The Internet is exploding, and e-commerce is going to explode. 2003 U.S. News & World Rep. 9 June 23/4 The power crisis that caused energy costs to explode. 2015 V. C. Broaddus et al. Murray & Nadel's Textbk. Respiratory Med. (ed. 6) iii. xlvi. 819/2 The use of e-cigarettes has exploded since they were first marketed in 2006. (b) intransitive. spec. Of a population: to grow rapidly in size. Cf. population explosion n. at population n.¹ Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > birth > confinement > be confined [verb (intransitive)] > give birth > of population: increase rapidly explode1958 1958 Amer. Catholic Sociol. Rev. 19 351 Catholicism will soon be in even greater peril as this population ‘explodes’. 1965 New Statesman 30 Apr. 672/2 Population has ‘exploded’ only in the last three centuries because of our new-found science, technology and humanity. 1980 Times 18 Feb. 5/1 (headline) Chaos foreseen as world population explodes. 2015 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) (Nexis) 27 Mar. 10 If there is a curfew on cats, surely the rat and mouse population will explode. 8. transitive. Golf. To play (a ball) from a bunker by forcefully striking the sand behind it. Also intransitive: to play a shot of this type. Cf. explosion n. 8. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > golf > play golf [verb (transitive)] > type of play or stroke drive1743 draw1842 heel1857 hook1857 loft1857 founder1878 to top a ball1881 chip1889 duff1890 pull1890 slice1890 undercut1891 hack1893 toe1893 spoon1896 borrow1897 overdrive1900 trickle1902 bolt1909 niblick1909 socket1911 birdie1921 eagle1921 shank1925 explode1926 bird1930 three-putt1946 bogey1948 double-bogey1952 fade1953 1926 Times 10 July 6/5 To get into a bunker at the very first hole.., to have to decide whether to take it cleanly or ‘explode’ it—that is my private nightmare. 1951 Times of India 28 Dec. 6/6 Malik could only explode his ball just on to the green. 1985 Washington Post (Nexis) 13 Apr. c1 Watson gambled,..had to explode from a fairway trap..then missed one of those short knee-knocker par putts that he usually slams in the back of the cup. 2011 K. Palacios-Jansen Golf Fitness 58 In the sand you actually want to hit the sand first to explode the ball out of the bunker. Phrases to explode on (also on to) the scene: to appear suddenly at a particular time, place, etc.; to gain immediate or rapid popularity, influence, or success.Also with modifying word preceding scene, specifying the context in which something appears. ΚΠ 1951 Atlanta Constit. 8 Aug. 24/2 The real birth of Detroit came in 1898 when Charles B. King and Henry Ford exploded on the scene with their inventions. 1969 Christian Sci. Monitor 26 Mar. 18/1 Moulded flexible urethane is exploding onto the home furnishings scene. 1989 Q Dec. 161/1 Duran Duran exploded upon a stagnant pop scene on the bespoke shirt tails of the New Romantics. 2010 T. Bunzel Tools of Engagement v. 109 Twitter exploded onto the scene seemingly from nowhere. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1552
随便看	nursing basque nursing bottle nursing bra nursing brassière nursing chair nursing chart nursing corset nursing cover nursing father nursing home nursing mother nursing officer nursing pouch nursing sister nursing station nursing stool nursingly nursings nursle nursled nursles nursling nurslings nurth nurturable