exploded

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adjective

Having been subjected to an explosion; blown up.

“exploded diagram”

Less commonScrabble 19

Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of explode
adjectiveexploded (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving been subjected to an explosion; blown up.
  2. figurativelynot comparableHaving the appearance of being separated into component parts.

    exploded diagram

    1 more example

    exploded pie chart

  3. not comparableRuined; gone; used up.

    He nodded, sinking in his chair. In a blink he was asleep; the brief stimulus of food exploded in him.

    1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 71

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveshowing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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