explode

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• UK: /ɪkˈspləʊd/
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• US: /ɪkˈsploʊd/
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• rhymes with -əʊd
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First recorded around 1538, from the Latin verb explōdere (“drive out or off by clapping”). The meaning was originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," hence meaning to "to drive out" or "to reject". From ex- (“out”) + plaudere (“to clap; to applaud”). In English it used to mean to "drive out with violence and sudden noise" (from around 1660), and later meaning to "go off with a loud noise" (from around 1790). The sense of "bursting with destructive force" is first recorded around 1882.

164 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: shpërthej — to destroy with an explosion
• Albanian: plas — to destroy with an explosion
• Arabic: تَفْرَقَعَ (tafraqaʕa) — to destroy with an explosion
• Arabic: فرقع (farqaʕ, fargaʕ) — to destroy with an explosion
• Armenian: պայթեցնել (paytʻecʻnel) — to destroy with an explosion
• Azerbaijani: partlatmaq — to destroy with an explosion
• Bashkir: шартлатыу (şartlatıw) — to destroy with an explosion
• Bulgarian: взривявам (vzrivjavam) — to destroy with an explosion
• Catalan: esclatar — to destroy with an explosion
• Catalan: explotar — to destroy with an explosion
• Cherokee: ᎠᏔᏍᎩᏍᏗᎭ (atasgisdiha) — to destroy with an explosion
• Danish: sprænge — to destroy with an explosion
• Danish: få til at eksplodere — to destroy with an explosion
• Dutch: opblazen — to destroy with an explosion
• Esperanto: eksplodigi — to destroy with an explosion
• Faroese: spreingja — to destroy with an explosion
• Finnish: räjäyttää — to destroy with an explosion
• French: exploser — to destroy with an explosion
• Galician: estoupar — to destroy with an explosion
• Galician: estourar — to destroy with an explosion
• Georgian: აფეთქება (apetkeba) — to destroy with an explosion
• German: sprengen — to destroy with an explosion
• German: explodieren — to destroy with an explosion
• Greek: ανατινάζω (anatinázo) — to destroy with an explosion
• Hebrew: פוצץ (potséts) — to destroy with an explosion
• Hindi: विस्फोट (visphoṭ) — to destroy with an explosion
• Hungarian: robbant — to destroy with an explosion
• Hungarian: felrobbant — to destroy with an explosion
• Hungarian: szétrobbant — to destroy with an explosion
• Icelandic: sprengja — to destroy with an explosion
• Ido: explozigar — to destroy with an explosion
• Indonesian: meledakkan — to destroy with an explosion
• Ingrian: revittää — to destroy with an explosion
• Italian: esplodere — to destroy with an explosion
• Japanese: 爆発する — to destroy with an explosion
• Kannada: ಸಿಡಿ (siḍi) — to destroy with an explosion
• Northern Kurdish: teqandin — to destroy with an explosion
• Northern Kurdish: peqandin — to destroy with an explosion
• Māori: whakapakū — to destroy with an explosion
• Mongolian: дэлбэлэх (delbelex) — to destroy with an explosion
• Norwegian: sprenge — to destroy with an explosion
• Polish: wysadzać — to destroy with an explosion
• Polish: wysadzić — to destroy with an explosion
• Portuguese: explodir — to destroy with an explosion
• Romanian: detona — to destroy with an explosion
• Romanian: arunca în aer — to destroy with an explosion
• Romanian: exploda — to destroy with an explosion
• Russian: взрыва́ть (vzryvátʹ) — to destroy with an explosion
• Russian: взорва́ть (vzorvátʹ) — to destroy with an explosion
• Somali: qarxid — to destroy with an explosion
• Spanish: explosionar — to destroy with an explosion
• Spanish: reventar — to destroy with an explosion
• Spanish: dinamitar — to destroy with an explosion
• Spanish: hacer explotar / estallar — to destroy with an explosion
• Swahili: -lipuka — to destroy with an explosion
• Swedish: spränga — to destroy with an explosion
• Tagalog: isabog — to destroy with an explosion
• Telugu: పేల్చివేయు (pēlcivēyu) — to destroy with an explosion
• Thai: ระเบิด (rá-bə̀ət) — to destroy with an explosion
• Vietnamese: nổ — to destroy with an explosion
• Welsh: ffrwydro — to destroy with an explosion
• Albanian: shpërthej — to destroy violently
• Bulgarian: взривявам (vzrivjavam) — to destroy violently
• Danish: afsløre — to destroy violently
• Danish: forkaste — to destroy violently
• Finnish: räjäyttää — to destroy violently
• Greek: εκραγώ (ekragó) — to destroy violently
• Greek: εκρήγνυμαι (ekrígnymai) — to destroy violently
• Hebrew: פוצץ (potséts) — to destroy violently
• Hungarian: megdönt — to destroy violently
• Hungarian: leront — to destroy violently
• Northern Kurdish: peqandin — to destroy violently
• Northern Kurdish: teqandin — to destroy violently
• Portuguese: explodir — to destroy violently
• Russian: взрыва́ть (vzryvátʹ) — to destroy violently
• Russian: взорва́ть (vzorvátʹ) — to destroy violently
• Albanian: pëlcas — to explode (intransitive)
• Arabic: اِنْفَجَرَ (infajara) — to explode (intransitive)
• Arabic: انفجر (infagar) — to explode (intransitive)
• Armenian: պայթել (paytʻel) — to explode (intransitive)
• Asturian: esplotar — to explode (intransitive)
• Azerbaijani: partlamaq — to explode (intransitive)
• Bashkir: шартлау (şartlaw) — to explode (intransitive)
• Belarusian: узрыва́цца (uzryvácca) — to explode (intransitive)
• Belarusian: узарва́цца (uzarvácca) — to explode (intransitive)
• Bulgarian: избухвам (izbuhvam) — to explode (intransitive)
• Bulgarian: експлодирам (eksplodiram) — to explode (intransitive)
• Catalan: esclatar — to explode (intransitive)
• Catalan: explotar — to explode (intransitive)
• Chinese Cantonese: 爆炸 (baau3 zaa3) — to explode (intransitive)
• Chinese Mandarin: 爆炸 (bàozhà) — to explode (intransitive)
• Chinese Mandarin: 爆發 /爆发 (bàofā) — to explode (intransitive)
• Czech: vybuchnout — to explode (intransitive)
• Danish: eksplodere — to explode (intransitive)
• Danish: springe — to explode (intransitive)
• Dhivehi: ގޮއްވަނީ (govvanī) — to explode (intransitive)
• Dutch: exploderen — to explode (intransitive)
• Dutch: ontploffen — to explode (intransitive)
• Esperanto: eksplodi — to explode (intransitive)
• Finnish: räjähtää — to explode (intransitive)
• French: détoner — to explode (intransitive)
• French: exploser — to explode (intransitive)
• French: sauter — to explode (intransitive)
• Galician: estoupar — to explode (intransitive)
• Galician: estourar — to explode (intransitive)
• Galician: esbourar — to explode (intransitive)
• Georgian: აფეთქება (apetkeba) — to explode (intransitive)
• German: explodieren — to explode (intransitive)
• German: platzen — to explode (intransitive)
• Greek: εκρήγνυμαι (ekrígnymai) — to explode (intransitive)
• Hebrew: הִתְפּוֹצֵץ (hitpotséts) — to explode (intransitive)
• Hindi: विस्फोट (visphoṭ) — to explode (intransitive)
• Hungarian: robban — to explode (intransitive)
• Hungarian: felrobban — to explode (intransitive)
• Hungarian: szétrobban — to explode (intransitive)
• Icelandic: springa — to explode (intransitive)
• Ido: explozar — to explode (intransitive)
• Indonesian: meledak — to explode (intransitive)
• Indonesian: meletus — to explode (intransitive)
• Indonesian: meletup — to explode (intransitive)
• Ingrian: reppiä — to explode (intransitive)
• Italian: esplodere — to explode (intransitive)
• Japanese: 爆発する (bakuhatsu-suru) — to explode (intransitive)
• Old Javanese: blĕḍog — to explode (intransitive)
• Khmer: ផ្ទុះ (ptuh) — to explode (intransitive)
• Korean: 폭발적으로 증가하다 (pokbaljeogeuro jeunggahada) — to explode (intransitive)
• Korean: 폭발하다 (pokbalhada) — to explode (intransitive)
• Northern Kurdish: teqîn — to explode (intransitive)
• Macedonian: експлоди́ра (eksplodíra) — to explode (intransitive)
• Malayalam: പൊട്ടിത്തെറിക്കുക (poṭṭitteṟikkuka) — to explode (intransitive)
• Māori: pahū — to explode (intransitive)
• Mongolian: дэлбэлэх (delbelex) — to explode (intransitive)
• Mongolian: тэсрэх (tesrex) — to explode (intransitive)
• Norwegian: eksplodere — to explode (intransitive)
• Norwegian: springe — to explode (intransitive)
• Polish: wybuchać — to explode (intransitive)
• Polish: wybuchnąć — to explode (intransitive)
• Portuguese: explodir — to explode (intransitive)
• Romanian: exploda — to explode (intransitive)
• Romanian: sări în aer — to explode (intransitive)
• Romanian: detona — to explode (intransitive)
• Russian: взрыва́ться (vzryvátʹsja) — to explode (intransitive)
• Russian: взорва́ться (vzorvátʹsja) — to explode (intransitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: експлоди́рати — to explode (intransitive)
• Serbo-Croatian: eksplodírati — to explode (intransitive)
• Slovak: vybuchnúť — to explode (intransitive)
• Slovene: eksplodirati — to explode (intransitive)
• Spanish: explosionar — to explode (intransitive)
• Spanish: explotar — to explode (intransitive)
• Spanish: reventar — to explode (intransitive)
• Spanish: reventarse — to explode (intransitive)
• Spanish: estallar — to explode (intransitive)
• Swahili: -lipuka — to explode (intransitive)
• Swedish: explodera — to explode (intransitive)
• Swedish: sprängas — to explode (intransitive)
• Tagalog: sumabog — to explode (intransitive)
• Tagalog: pumutok — to explode (intransitive)
• Tamil: வெடி (veṭi) — to explode (intransitive)
• Telugu: పేలిపోవు (pēlipōvu) — to explode (intransitive)
• Turkish: patlamak — to explode (intransitive)
• Ukrainian: вибуха́ти (vybuxáty) — to explode (intransitive)
• Ukrainian: ви́бухнути (výbuxnuty) — to explode (intransitive)
• Unami: pòkte — to explode (intransitive)
• Vietnamese: nổ — to explode (intransitive)