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explode

[ik-splohd] / ɪkˈsploʊd /




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"I was conned. I was duped. I felt like my head was going to explode."

From BBC • May 27, 2026

The vast majority of the 50,000 people evacuated because of a damaged chemical tank in Garden Grove that officials feared would explode have begun returning home as conditions are deemed safe.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

"If it does explode and there is a vapor, you are all safe as long as you are out of the zone that was determined to be an evacuation zone," she said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Iron-60 forms deep inside massive stars and is released into space when those stars explode as supernovae.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

But Jess never imagined that it was a real volcano, a killer that could explode.

From "I Survived the Eruption of Mount St. Helens, 1980" by Lauren Tarshis




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