Antonyms for exploded

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ik-splohd

Phonetic Transcription : ɪkˈsploʊd

Definition of exploded

Origin : 1530s, "to reject with scorn," from Latin explodere "drive out or off by clapping, hiss off, hoot off," originally theatrical, "to drive an actor off the stage by making noise," hence "drive out, reject" (a sense surviving in an exploded theory), from ex- "out" (see ex-) + plaudere "to clap the hands, applaud," of uncertain origin. Athenian audiences were highly demonstrative. clapping and shouting approval, stamping, hissing, and hooting for disapproval. The Romans seem to have done likewise.
At the close of the performance of a comedy in the Roman theatre one of the actors dismissed the audience, with a request for their approbation, the expression being usually plaudite, vos plaudite, or vos valete et plaudite. [William Smith, "A First Latin Reading Book," 1890]
English used it to mean "drive out with violence and sudden noise" (1650s), later, "go off with a loud noise" (American English, 1790); sense of "to burst with destructive force" is first recorded 1882; of population, 1959. Related: Exploded; exploding.

verb blow up
verb discredit

Example sentences :

"Biddy, you were never wiser in your life," I exploded as I got her on the bench.
Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson

A shell had exploded directly before her and only a few yards away.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

And all at once he exploded in a fit of anger, pounding the table with his fist.
Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola

One of the atomic pellets had exploded within a few feet of it.
Extract from : « The Martian Cabal » by Roman Frederick Starzl

He stood gaping at her whilst a man might count to a dozen, and then abruptly he exploded.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

Four of them seem to have rammed it and exploded without destroying it.
Extract from : « Invasion » by William Fitzgerald Jenkins

And this was all that was said then, but when we were out of his presence Dave exploded.
Extract from : « Against Odds » by Lawrence L. Lynch

Well, this did it; here was the shell that exploded the magazine.
Extract from : « Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume I (of II) » by Charles James Lever

He stamped his foot in vexation, rubbed his head—then exploded.
Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad

It is the exploded superstition of enthusiastic statisticians.
Extract from : « Notes on Life and Letters » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for exploded

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