explode
verb (used without object)
to expand with force and noise because of rapid chemical change or decomposition, as gunpowder or nitroglycerine (opposed to implode).
explodes
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present tense formof explode (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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The track builds from there and explodes into a guitar solo, in which harrowing feedback is twisted into disturbing shapes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Video released by the US-based NGO Beneath The Waves shows one orca holding the tail of a sunfish, with its fellow whale then charging with full force into the rotund mola, which explodes into pieces.
From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026
When a massive star explodes as a supernova, for example, the blast can launch the stellar remnant in one direction at high speed.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026
But traipse past the principal’s office, scale a short incline, and you’ll be rewarded with an 80-foot-long mural that explodes with color.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2026
The excitement spreads and the air explodes with Hebrew and Yiddish folk songs.
From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper
