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v. i. [imp. & p. p. EXPLODED; p. pr. & vb. n. EXPLODING.] [Lat. explodere, from ex, out of, from, and plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike the hands in token of approbation, to utter a burst of sound.] To burst with a loud report; to detonate, as gunpowder, or a shell filled with powder or the like material.
v. t. 1. To cause to explode; to touch off; as, to explode powder by touching it with a red-hot iron.
Sense 2. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder.
But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball. Blackmore.
Sense 3. To drive from the stage by expressions of disapprobation; to decry or reject with noise; to hiss out; to hoot off; to expel; as, to explode a play or an actor. [Obs.]
Sense 4. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to cry down; to drive from notice and acceptance. “Old exploded contrivances of mercantile errors.” Burke.