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- explode-English language English.
- explode-English hasAlternativeForm "asplode, assplode, esplode, essplode, kursplode, kersplode (all humorous)".
- explode-English hasEtymology "First recorded around 1538, from the verb explōdere meaning to \"drive out or off by clapping\". The meaning was originally theatrical, \"to drive an actor off the stage by making noise,\" hence meaning to \"to drive out\" or \"to reject\". From ex- meaning \"out\" + plaudere meaning \"to clap\" or \"to applaud\". In English it used to mean to \"drive out with violence and sudden noise\" (from around 1660), and later meaning to \"go off with a loud noise\" (from around 1790).".
- explode-English hasPoSUsage explode-English-Verb.
- explode-English seeAlso explosion.
- explode-English sameAs explosion.