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
Examples of exploded in a Sentence
an exploded view of an engine
Recent Examples on the Web
Beverly Hills, a city of 32,400 residents who overwhelmingly live in single-family homes, has seen its population shrink slightly over the past half-century even as California’s exploded, doubling to about 40 million.
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Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
So analysts could easily see it and the exploded reactor.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Officers responded around 5:35 a.m. to the 1500 block of Guilford Avenue in the Greenmount West neighborhood and found remnants of two exploded devices, police said.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
An exploded diagram of an axial flux electric motor (left) and a radial flux electric motor (right).
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 June 2023
The energy is so massive, that the exploded star can be converted into an ultra-dense neutron star or a black hole.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
His drug and alcohol abuse led to, among other things, pancreatitis, pneumonia, an exploded colon, and more than a dozen stomach surgeries.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
According to police, the investigation into Karasev began on Jan. 5, when officers with the San Jose Police Department responded to a report of an exploded transformer at 3:16 a.m. local time.
—CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
The gates of his home still bear the holes from exploded ammunition that serve as a reminder of when Russian forces tried to seize the Ukrainian capital.
—Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
So analysts could easily see it and the exploded reactor.
—William J. Broad, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024
Officers responded around 5:35 a.m. to the 1500 block of Guilford Avenue in the Greenmount West neighborhood and found remnants of two exploded devices, police said.
—Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 14 Jan. 2024
An exploded diagram of an axial flux electric motor (left) and a radial flux electric motor (right).
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 15 June 2023
The energy is so massive, that the exploded star can be converted into an ultra-dense neutron star or a black hole.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 2024
His drug and alcohol abuse led to, among other things, pancreatitis, pneumonia, an exploded colon, and more than a dozen stomach surgeries.
—Mary McNamara, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2023
According to police, the investigation into Karasev began on Jan. 5, when officers with the San Jose Police Department responded to a report of an exploded transformer at 3:16 a.m. local time.
—CBS News, 30 Oct. 2023
The gates of his home still bear the holes from exploded ammunition that serve as a reminder of when Russian forces tried to seize the Ukrainian capital.
—Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2023
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“Exploded.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exploded. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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