Translation
to explode; to burst
Word origin
From Latin explodere, literally 'to drive off the stage by clapping', from ex ('out') and plaudere ('to clap'). The bang came later; the Romans were booing actors. English applaud and plaudit keep the original hands.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- explodere
- English cognates
- explode, applaud, plaudit
Examples
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The old machine exploded with a loud noise.
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The bottle burst because of the hot sun.
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Do not touch that: it can explode.
Intransitive: the thing itself bursts. To blow something up you need i, with the causative --, and that distinction catches learners out more often than the vocabulary does. The noun is eksplodo.
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