exploded

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adjective

ex·​plod·​ed ik-ˈsplō-dəd 

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

an exploded view of a carburetor

exploded

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past tense and past participle of explode

Examples of exploded in a Sentence

Adjective

an exploded view of an engine

Recent Examples on the Web

Adjective

Surgical repair entails opening the scrotum to expose the exploded testicle, stopping any bleeding, removing any dead tissue, tucking the testicle back into the scrotum and sewing the tunica albuginea back together. — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

An exploded sunfish spread out in the water in thousands of pieces is certainly easier to share, offering another possible explanation for this practice. — Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

If, for David Lynch, ideas are like fish in a river, then for Danish provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn, those ideas are like chunks of excrement in an exploded sewage pipe. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026

Astronomically, the Beehive is considered an open star cluster, a group of young stars that formed from the same hydrogen nebula, sprinkled with heavier elements from a long-since exploded star. — Mike Lynch, Twin Cities, 22 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

Adjective

1918, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for exploded

• corroded
• decoded
• downloaded
• encoded
• eroded
• outmoded
• preloaded
• reloaded
• unloaded
• uploaded
• boded
• coded

Kids Definition

exploded

adjective

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

an exploded view of a machine