explodes
Sayik-SPLOHDZUS/ɪkˈsploʊdz/UK/ɪkˈspləʊdz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present indicative of explode.
The grenade explodes seconds after the pin is pulled.
When the pressure builds too high, the old boiler explodes.
Note
The -s form does duty for both halves of the verb. Used intransitively, something explodes by itself: a grenade, a boiler, or, figuratively, a person who explodes in anger. Used transitively, someone explodes something: a crew explodes a charge, or a draftsman explodes a drawing into an exploded view. An older use, in which a critic explodes a theory by disproving it, is now archaic and reads as a period touch.
explodes is a form of explode
explode, verb: To fly apart with sudden, violent force, as when something blows up or detonates. Full entry
- Spelling
- explode → explodes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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