explode
Example Sentences
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While cold-stunned iguanas fall from trees in Florida and videos circulate of frozen ‘exploding’ trees in the Northeast, Southern California is working up a sweat.
From Los Angeles Times
The Grand Prix winner of last year’s Cannes Critics Week, filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s snaky, surprising fable starts with a sneeze and explodes into a saga about bureaucracy, modernization and moral corruption.
From Los Angeles Times
He left the fairgrounds, the exuberant fireworks exploding behind him, Maya-Jade’s disgusted expression in front of him.
From Literature
The trees and bushes on the island were exploding with flowers, and little birds flew past with blades of grass in their beaks for building their nests.
From Literature
He jokingly calls the design, next to one of an exploding port-a-potty, one of his “bad idea tattoos.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
