verb (v)

• cause to burst with a violent release of energy(verb.change)

  Example:
  We exploded the nuclear bomb.
  

  Synonym:
  blow up, detonate, set off
  

  source: wordnet30
• burst outward, usually with noise(verb.change)

  Example:
  The champagne bottle exploded.
  

  Synonym:
  burst
  Antonym:
  go off, implode
  

  source: wordnet30
• show a violent emotional reaction(verb.cognition)

  Example:
  The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary.
  

  source: wordnet30
• be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise(verb.change)

  Example:
  His anger exploded.
  

  Synonym:
  break loose, burst forth
  

  source: wordnet30
• destroy by exploding(verb.contact)

  Example:
  The enemy exploded the bridge.
  

  source: wordnet30
• cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/(verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• drive from the stage by noisy disapproval(verb.communication)

  source: wordnet30
• show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete(verb.cognition)

  source: wordnet30
• burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction(verb.change)

  Example:
  The Molotov cocktail exploded.
  

  Synonym:
  blow up, detonate
  

  source: wordnet30
• increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner(verb.change)

  Synonym:
  irrupt
  

  source: wordnet30
• To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as, gunpowder explodes.(verb)

  source: webster1913
• To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play.(verb)

  source: webster1913