Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to explode
Participle: exploded
Gerund: exploding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | explode |
| you | explode |
| he;she;it | explodes |
| we | explode |
| you | explode |
| they | explode |
Perfect
| I | have exploded |
| you | have exploded |
| he;she;it | has exploded |
| we | have exploded |
| you | have exploded |
| they | have exploded |
Past
| I | exploded |
| you | exploded |
| he;she;it | exploded |
| we | exploded |
| you | exploded |
| they | exploded |
Pluperfect
| I | had exploded |
| you | had exploded |
| he;she;it | had exploded |
| we | had exploded |
| you | had exploded |
| they | had exploded |
Future
| I | will explode |
| you | will explode |
| he;she;it | will explode |
| we | will explode |
| you | will explode |
| they | will explode |
Future Perfect
| I | will have exploded |
| you | will have exploded |
| he;she;it | will have exploded |
| we | will have exploded |
| you | will have exploded |
| they | will have exploded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | explode |
| you | explode |
| he;she;it | explode |
| we | explode |
| you | explode |
| they | explode |
Perfect
| I | have exploded |
| you | have exploded |
| he;she;it | have exploded |
| we | have exploded |
| you | have exploded |
| they | have exploded |
Imperfect
| I | exploded |
| you | exploded |
| he;she;it | exploded |
| we | exploded |
| you | exploded |
| they | exploded |
Pluperfect
| I | had exploded |
| you | had exploded |
| he;she;it | had exploded |
| we | had exploded |
| you | had exploded |
| they | had exploded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would explode |
| you | would explode |
| he;she;it | would explode |
| we | would explode |
| you | would explode |
| they | would explode |
Perfect
| I | would have exploded |
| you | would have exploded |
| he;she;it | would have exploded |
| we | would have exploded |
| you | would have exploded |
| they | would have exploded |
Imperative
| you | explode |
| we | Let's explode |
| you | explode |
Verbs conjugated like 'explode'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'explode'
explore,
asplode,
emplore,
exclude,
expede,
exploit,
expone,
expose,
implode,
sexplore,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1538, from L.
explodere "drive out or off by clapping," originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," hence "drive out, reject" (a sense surviving in
an exploded theory), from
ex- "out" +
plaudere "to clap, applaud," of uncertain origin. Eng. used it to mean "drive out with violence and sudden noise" (1660), later, "go off with a loud noise" (Amer.Eng. 1790); sense of "to burst with destructive force" is first recorded 1882; of population, 1959.
2. 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.
Verbs referencing "explode"
Dutch
exploderen.
Sample Sentences
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[...] But the chief feature of this part of the show was a huge allegorical device, borne among the ship-carpenters, on one side whereof the steamboat Alcohol was represented bursting her boiler and exploding with a great crash, while upon the other, the good ship Temperance sailed away with a fair wind, to the heart 's content of the captain, crew, and passengers.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] with reference to their smartness. I recollect, on both occasions of our passing that ill-fated Cairo on the Mississippi, remarking on the bad effects such gross deceits must have when they exploded, in generating a want of confidence abroad, and discouraging foreign investment: but I was given to understand that this was a very smart scheme by which a deal of money had been made: and that its [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)