| explode | (verb) burst outward, usually with noise | Synonyms: burst |
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| (verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy | Synonyms: blow up, detonate, set off |
| (verb) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner | Synonyms: irrupt |
| (verb) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise | Synonyms: break loose, burst forth |
| (verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction | Synonyms: blow up, detonate |
| (verb) show a violent emotional reaction | - |
| (verb) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete | - |
| (verb) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval | - |
| (verb) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/ | - |
| (verb) destroy by exploding | - |
| implode | (verb) burst inward | Synonyms: go off |
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| lode | (noun) a deposit of valuable ore occurring within definite boundaries separating it from surrounding rocks | Synonyms: load |
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| phyllode | (noun) an expanded petiole taking on the function of a leaf blade | - |
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| pistillode | (noun) a sterile vestigial pistil remaining in a staminate flower | - |
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