Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. [Obs.]
Him old and young Exploded, and seized with violent hands. --Milton.
2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine.
Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. --Burke.
To explode and exterminate dark atheism. --Bently.
3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire.
4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. --Blackmore.
Explode \Ex*plode"\ ([e^]ks*pl[=o]d"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out + plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.] 1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as, gunpowder explodes.
2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.
3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.
It did not explode and no one was hurt, she said.
Three other bombs found outside Penguin bookstores in three other cities and towns were defused or otherwise made safe before they could explode.
Burton loaded a shotgun with "kracker" shells _ blanks that explode with a small flame but have no shot.
The young woman led the battle to integrate Nashville's lunch counters and explode its 1960s racial mores.
"It did not explode when they attempted to detonate," Capt. Michael London said. "All indications that they had at the time was that it had the makings of a bomb.
French officials say they think the datatransmission business will "explode" here, as Mr. Levy puts it, amassing $1 billion a year in sales within five years and employing thousands of French engineers.
Police dispatcher Jill Moore said a caller telephoned a Cub Foods and a Kroger to say bombs would explode between 1:30 and 2 p.m.
Initially, GM thought "we'd explode out of the market," says William E. Hoglund, vice president in charge of GM's Buick-Oldsmobile-Cadillac group.
A bomb failed to explode in a third attack.
Fire Chief Glenn Alexander said the shell appeared to explode twice.
A second bomb was tossed out, but did not explode, they said.
"They are going to explode in the next two weeks and form massive swarms which will affect large areas of agricultural lands," he said, adding that the size of each swarm could cover hundreds of square miles.
"I didn't want the vial to explode in the school," said Chittilla, who grabbed the vial and ran when he realized an explosion was imminent.
Trading frequently slowed to a trickle just before the report was released and often would explode afterward.
The W-79 warhead goes on an 8-inch Army artillery shell and is designed to explode in battle with a nuclear yield of up to 10 kilotons.
Merrill Lynch's private placement group has been hit by key departures just as the market for privately placed securities is set to explode.
However, we will continue to make this point unmistakably clear every time they explode one of their nuclear devices." Premier Michel Rocard said recently France would reduce the number of nuclear tests each year at Mururoa from eight to six.
The flight from the dollar takes the form of a flight to financial assets, as stock prices explode around the globe, while the world's premier currency grows shakier in the hands of those who would use it as a weapon in an incipient trade war.
Seagate Technology and Miniscribe Corp., two makers of disk drives for personal computers, have seen profits explode by more than 150% in recent quarters.
It would explode the glass.
The pumps are critical because the shuttle could explode if one failed during liftoff.
Should the myth still persist that Picasso was no more than this century's greatest charlatan and fraud, this exhibition at Paris should finally explode it.
"Prices in this market won't rise, they'll explode," says John W. Hawks, director of strategic research for DRC Group, a real-estate research and consulting firm.
Compaq said only about 8,000 units manufactured in the "first few months" of production have the potential to explode.
If everything works out, "trading will explode," Mr. Palmisano says.
A witness, who identified himself Li Yi-chang, told radio reporters he saw the plane hit the mountain and explode.
It is set to explode at 4 p.m." He said the Boeing 747 was over the Sea of Japan when the threat came.
Trade in Italian equity futures begins today but analysts expect the contract to smoulder, rather than explode into life, on its debut.
The pumps are a critical component because the shuttle could explode if one failed during liftoff.
Authorities intercepted bombs sent to the 11th Circuit courthouse in Atlanta and an NAACP office in Jacksonville before they could explode.