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Adjective exploding has 2 senses

exploding - increasing suddenly and with uncontrolled rapidity; "the world's exploding population"
Antonym: decreasing (indirect, via increasing)
bursting, detonating, exploding - (of munitions) going off; "bursting bombs"; "an exploding nuclear device"; "a spectacular display of detonating anti-tank mines"
Antonym: nonexplosive (indirect, via explosive)

Verb explode has 9 senses

explode, detonate, blow up, set off - cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
--₁ is one way to change integrity

Derived forms: noun explosion₂, noun explosion₁
Sample sentence:
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explode, burst - burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"
--₂ is one way to change integrity
Antonyms: implode, go off

Derived form: noun explosion₂
Sample sentences:
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explode - show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"
--₃ is one way to react, respond
Sample sentence:
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explode, burst forth, break loose - be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise; "His anger exploded"
--₄ is one way to change state, turn

Derived form: noun explosion₆
Sample sentences:
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explode - destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge"
--₅ is one way to destroy, ruin
Sample sentences:
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explode - cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
--₆ is one way to pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say

Derived form: noun explosion₅
Sample sentence:
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explode - drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
--₇ is one way to condemn
Sample sentence:
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explode - show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
--₈ is one way to disprove, confute
Sample sentences:
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explode, irrupt - increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
--₉ is one way to increase

Derived form: noun explosion₃
Sample sentence:
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