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1. Showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
   "the manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus"

1. Cause to burst with a violent release of energy
   "We exploded the nuclear bomb";
   - detonate, blow up, set off
    
2. Burst outward, usually with noise
   "The champagne bottle exploded";
   - burst
    
3. Show a violent emotional reaction
   "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"
    
4. Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
   "His anger exploded";
   - burst forth, break loose
    
5. Destroy by exploding
   "The enemy exploded the bridge"
    
6. Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
    
7. Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
    
8. Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
    
9. Burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction
   "The Molotov cocktail exploded";
   - detonate, blow up
    
10. Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
    "The population of India is exploding";
    - irrupt

See also: unconnected

Type of: articulate, change integrity, change state, condemn, confute, destroy, disprove, enounce, enunciate, increase, pronounce, react, reply, respond, ruin, say, sound out, turn

Antonym: go off

Encyclopedia: Exploded