Definitions
Wiktionary
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of explode.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
Examples
“Dublin exploded from a sleepy backwater to a city boasting some of the most expensive real estate in Europe.”
“The word exploded from my lips before I could stop it.”
“Duffy was as surprised as everyone else when the word exploded from his mouth with such force and volume.”
“When he successfully landed a plane on the Hudson river, searches on his name exploded and everyone started clicking the ad.”
“What "exploded" is a program that executed as many lines of "code" as was inputted, self-programming its evolution and self-terminating until the last line was hit.”
“I didn’t really know where Budapest was, but I liked the way the word exploded on my tongue.”
“Thirteen people were killed and at least 30 injured when a freight train exploded in the middle of an Italian town on Monday night.”
“Upon the stairs outside the Great Hall, Brydon slammed into the wall as pain exploded into his mind through the link he shared with Toryn.”
“But during the Bush administration, government spending increased from 18.4 percent of GDP to 20.3 percent in 2006, the national debt nearly doubled from $5.7 trillion to $10.6 trillion, and the annual budget exploded from a $128 billion surplus in 2001 to a $1.4 trillion deficit in 2008.”
The Huffington Post: Tim Kaine: A Response to Michael Steele: What Do Republicans Really Stand For?
“Apr. 4th, 2009 08: 52 pm (UTC) yeah, that was so cute that my brain exploded too.”
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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You Broke It!
After the school bully breaks your new yo-yo, you can use these words to describe it. All hail the carnage!
broken, faulty, slipshod, weak, destroyed, dismantled, busted, cracked, chipped, bent, shattered, irreparable and 147 more...
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