explode

verb14

1. •
   to break apart all at once with great force, sending pieces in all directions

   • The bomb explodes.
2. •
   To destroy with an explosion.

   • The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.
3. •
   To increase arbitrarily or boundlessly.

   • The function f(x) = 1/x explodes around x = 0.
4. •
   (figurative) To increase suddenly.

   • When pigeons can come to a spot day in and day out for a guaranteed meal, their populations explode. — 2016
5. •
   (figurative) To make a violent or emotional outburst; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially anger.

   • She exploded when I criticised her hat.
6. •
   (figurative) To emerge suddenly.
7. •
   To destroy violently or abruptly.

   • They sought to explode the myth.
8. •
   To disprove or debunk.
9. •
   To create an exploded view of.

   • Explode the assembly drawing so that all the fasteners are visible.
10. •
    To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.

    • The third check uses the exploded data stored in the array $parts and the function checkdate() to test if the date is a valid calendar date. — 2004
11. •
    (slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
12. •
    Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.
13. •
    To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
14. •
    To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.