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explode

ex.plode \ik-'splo-d\ vb [L explodere to drive off the stage by clapping, 
   fr. ex- + plaud]ere to clap archaic  1: to drive from the stage by noisy 
   disapproval  2: to bring into disrepute or discredit  3: to cause to 
   explode or burst noisily  1: to burst forth with sudden violence or noise 
   {~ wrath}  2a: to burn suddenly so that there is violent expansion of hot 
   gases with  great disruptive force and a loud noise; also : to undergo a 
   rapid atomic nuclear reaction with similar but more violent results 2b: to 
   burst violently as a result of pressure from within  - ex.plod.er n