exploded

adjective ex·plod·ed \ ik-ˈsplō-dəd \

Updated on: 14 Apr 2018

Definition of exploded

: showing the parts separated but in correct relationship to each other

an exploded view of a carburetor

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an exploded view of an engine

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Elena Bulgarea, a local police spokeswoman, said the accident occurred early Thursday when the driver lost control of the vehicle, possibly due to an exploded tire.

— Fox News, "Romania: 9 dead after van plunges into river," 5 Apr. 2018
Like the giant crepe paper flowers in the umbrella stand by the front door, or the library, where an exploded floral print covers the table and giant butterflies adorn the ottoman.

— celia barbour, House Beautiful, "A Historical Pennsylvania Home Is Refined and Casual All at Once," 14 Mar. 2018
Tuxedo suits emerged from the exploded bindings of red leather corsetry.

— vanessa friedman, New York Times, "Fashion Parties With the French President," 6 Mar. 2018
One of his favorite panels shows a corpse with an exploded throat on an autopsy table.

— molly glentzer, Houston Chronicle, "Exhibit explores comic-book curiosities known as microcuentos," 24 Jan. 2018
First one grouse, a puff of exploded feathers, and the dead bird cartwheeled to earth.

— william booth, Washington Post, "For Britain’s tweed-and-shotgun set, ‘It’s warfare.’ Over a bird on the moors.," 23 Dec. 2017
Now, more serious investigations are focused on magnetars, the extremely magnetic, fantastically dense corpses of exploded stars.

— National Geographic, "Storm of Strange Radio Bursts Emerges From Deep Space," 1 Sep. 2017
The hood of an exploded car landed in its crown. Instead of removing the tree to extract evidence, survivors, family members of those killed in the blast, and others urged officials to save the almost 100-year-old elm.

— mike yessis, Smithsonian, "These Five “Witness Trees” Were Present At Key Moments In America’s History," 25 Aug. 2017
The hood of an exploded car landed in its crown. Instead of removing the tree to extract evidence, survivors, family members of those killed in the blast, and others urged officials to save the almost 100-year-old elm.

— mike yessis, Smithsonian, "These Five “Witness Trees” Were Present At Key Moments In America’s History," 25 Aug. 2017

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