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UK
/ɛksplˈəʊdɪd/
]
[ US /ɪksˈpɫoʊdəd, ɪksˈpɫoʊdɪd/ ]
[ US /ɪksˈpɫoʊdəd, ɪksˈpɫoʊdɪd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another
the manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus
How To Use exploded In A Sentence
- An established order of seeing, of understanding, of ruling, is simply exploded - the Modernist spirit asserts itself.
- The sight of the fireball was followed by a sonic boom as the meteorite exploded into thousands of pieces over Barwell near Leicester. Times, Sunday Times
- Father exploded a bombshell when he forbade us to go to the prom
- The bomb exploded and blew them all to kingdom come.
- It was not unknown for an unexploded portion of an old charge to remain dormant but active for years under such conditions.
- Rubber blanks exploded through the bush I was crouching behind, but none hit me.
- The Soviets had exploded their first atomic device in 1949, but they lacked credible delivery systems to threaten the United States directly.
- The area is still littered with landmines and unexploded ordnance.
- Hearing this, Val fell silent and then suddenly exploded into fits of wild laughter.
- As she crossed the fields a shell exploded close to her, fracturing her legs and knocking her to the ground.