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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As Israeli forces arrive, the standoff explodes into action.
From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026
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
Nonetheless, officials wanted to inject a neutralizing agent into that second tank, so that if the primary failing tank explodes, it doesn’t cause an even greater blast by igniting the second tank.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2026
The audience explodes into chaotic noise all around us.
From "Warcross" by Marie Lu
