Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of explode
- not comparableHaving been subjected to an explosion; blown up.
- figurativelynot comparableHaving the appearance of being separated into component parts.
exploded diagram
1 more example
exploded pie chart
- 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
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Cite this entry
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