Word "EXPLODE" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
cause to burst with a violent release of energy
Synonyms:
blow up, detonate, set off
Examples:
We exploded the nuclear bomb

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner
Synonyms:
irrupt

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise
Synonyms:
break loose, burst forth
Examples:
His anger exploded

Crossword Clues for EXPLODE

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Clue Source Date
Be unable to contain one's rage - trudge in river
Burst violently (7)
Detonate The Sun Two Speed 28 May 2025
Tread heavily in river that's burst The Sun Two Speed 28 May 2025
Tread heavily in river, burst (7) Puzzler Cryptic 12 May 2025
Blow up Mirror Classic 18 Apr 2025
Detonate, go off (7)
Blow up The Telegraph Quick 04 Feb 2025
Go off and walk in Devon river The Telegraph Cryptic 24 Dec 2024
Blow up Premier Sunday 15 Dec 2024
Former copper beginning to erupt, go ballistic! The Times Cryptic 11 Dec 2024
Detonate, blow up
Detonate The Telegraph Quick 23 Nov 2024
Old police, English, go off (7) Puzzler Cryptic 22 Nov 2024
Detonate The Sun Two Speed 31 Oct 2024
Discharge policeman found in river The Sun Two Speed 31 Oct 2024
The Expo led the way it should go off
Blow up The Telegraph Quick 03 Sep 2024
Make bigger and burst (7)
Detonate The Sun Two Speed 29 Aug 2024
Burst The Telegraph Quick 29 Aug 2024
Policeman in river burst blood vessel? The Sun Two Speed 29 Aug 2024
Old police, English, go off (7) Puzzler Cryptic 16 Jul 2024
Blow up with a bang (7)
Go off with former wife quietly getting dole perhaps (7)
Go off having walk in river (7)
Do expel it so as to cause it to burst (7)
Go off in a bad temper?
Former partner with poem about place that will blow up
Old Earl receiving police discharge
Blow up Mirror Classic 29 Dec 2023
Go off east, following retired policeman? The Times Cryptic 10 May 2023
Go boom Thomas Joseph 13 Apr 2023
Force member to enter flower that's burst out The Telegraph Toughie 09 Dec 2022
See red, finding E on former copper
Lose it completely, chucking policeman in river The Times Cryptic 22 Feb 2022
Blow up The Guardian Quick 18 Feb 2022
Tramp pursuing former wife finally set off The Guardian Cryptic 08 Feb 2022
Blow up The Telegraph Quick 09 Oct 2021
Blow up The Times Concise 12 Aug 2021
Blow up The Telegraph Quick 22 Mar 2021
Detonate The Sun Two Speed 11 Mar 2021
Tread heavily in river that's burst The Sun Two Speed 11 Mar 2021
Policeman in river burst blood vessel? The Sun Two Speed 16 Feb 2021
Discharge policeman found in river The Sun Two Speed 29 Jan 2021
Go boom Jonesin 22 Dec 2020
Blow up The Times Concise 17 Oct 2020
Discharge policeman found in south-western river The Telegraph Cryptic 15 Aug 2020
Former policeman initially expected to get angry
Blow up Canadiana 13 Jan 2020
Go off and walk in river The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Nov 2019
Lose cool policeman in river The Sun Two Speed 29 Oct 2019
Go off to walk in river The Telegraph Cryptic 18 Jun 2019
Blow one's top Newsday 14 Mar 2019
Go boom Thomas Joseph 25 Jun 2018
Go off in search having lost king for days The Telegraph Toughie 25 May 2018
Detonate The Telegraph Quick 17 Feb 2018
Blow up The Sun Two Speed 19 Jan 2018
Tread heavily in river, burst The Sun Two Speed 19 Jan 2018
Pop by place featured in English poem
Blow up The Guardian Speedy 01 Jul 2017
Former officer with energy set off The Telegraph Toughie 07 Jun 2017
Former policeman with Ecstasy is let off
Go boom The Washington Post 08 Jul 2016
Wade through a river and perish
Lose it
Go off and trudge into river
Burst
Go ape
Go boom
Blow up
Burst
Go off, as a bomb
Go boom
Blow up
Really lose it
Detonate
Hit the ceiling
Blow one's top
Break forth.
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