exploded
adjective
ex·plod·ed
ik-ˈsplō-dəd 
: 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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Since its launch in 1999, Chandra has allowed scientists to peer into some of the universe's most extreme environments, from the turbulent remnants of exploded stars to the superheated gas swirling around black holes.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 7 May 2025
Magnetars are neutron stars—the highly dense, collapsed cores of exploded stars—with powerful magnetic fields.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
Your favorite jacket, with a mended tear in its lining and the mark of an exploded pen below its pocket, has some wabi-sabi.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
But SpaceX’s success required long experimental phases and lots of exploded rockets, all of which cost money.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 7 May 2025
Magnetars are neutron stars—the highly dense, collapsed cores of exploded stars—with powerful magnetic fields.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 May 2025
Your favorite jacket, with a mended tear in its lining and the mark of an exploded pen below its pocket, has some wabi-sabi.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 6 May 2025
But SpaceX’s success required long experimental phases and lots of exploded rockets, all of which cost money.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exploded
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“Exploded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploded. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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