OXFORD 9000
📚 verb • entry_id 15617

explode

/ɪkˈspləʊd/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
dinamitar • explosionar • reventar
To destroy with an explosion.
The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.
estallar • explosionar • explotar • reventar • reventarse
To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
But signalman Bridges was never to answer driver Gimbert's desperate question. A deafening, massive blast blew the wagon to shreds, the 44 high-explosive bombs exploding like simul…
The bomb explodes.