exploded

English

Verb

exploded

1. simple past and past participle of explode

Adjective

exploded (not comparable)

1. Having been subjected to an explosion; blown up.
2. (figurative) Having the appearance of being separated into component parts.

   exploded diagram

   exploded pie chart

3. Ruined; gone; used up.
   • 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 71:

     He nodded, sinking in his chair. In a blink he was asleep; the brief stimulus of food exploded in him.

Derived terms

• exploded skull
• exploded view

Related terms

• exploding (adjective)