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(ex-plodes) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. to burst or break apart suddenly with noise.

Example Sentence

When the dynamite explodes the tunnel will collapse.

More Example Sentences

Fireworks explode brightly in the night sky.

Synonyms

burst; detonate; blow up

Antonyms

implode; collapse; shrink

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Rhymes

  • bodes
  • code's
  • codes
  • hodes
  • loads
  • lodes
  • modes
  • nodes
  • odes
  • rhoades
  • rhoads
  • rhodes
  • road's
  • roades
  • roads
  • rodes
  • toads

  • abodes
  • busloads
  • corrodes
  • erodes
  • explodes
  • implodes
  • m-codes
  • reloads
  • unloads
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