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).
will explode
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future tenseof explode.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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But earnings will explode to $4.16 a share in 2028 as the chip business ramps up, Morgan Stanley estimated.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
Based on best-case scenarios, the financial-services firm Raymond James projects that AI cloud revenue will explode in the next half-decade, to almost nine times its current value.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
It might have nothing to do with Sunday’s game but eventually it will explode and make such referee rulings the subject of investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2025
With 2-in-5 already under the poverty line in Argentina, there is concern that if the number grows much higher the streets will flood with protesters and social unrest will explode.
From Reuters ● Nov. 16, 2023
“I’d better go. The world will explode if I don’t have my room clean by three.”
From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King
