Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
EXPLODE
explode, irrupt
(verb) increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; “The population of India is exploding”; “The island’s rodent population irrupted”
explode, burst
(verb) burst outward, usually with noise; “The champagne bottle exploded”
detonate, explode, blow up
(verb) burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction; “the bomb detonated at noon”; “The Molotov cocktail exploded”
explode, burst forth, break loose
(verb) be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; “His anger exploded”
explode, detonate, blow up, set off
(verb) cause to burst with a violent release of energy; “We exploded the nuclear bomb”
explode
(verb) show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
explode
(verb) show a violent emotional reaction; “The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary”
explode
(verb) drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
explode
(verb) cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
explode
(verb) destroy by exploding; “The enemy exploded the bridge”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
explode (third-person singular simple present explodes, present participle exploding, simple past and past participle exploded)
(transitive) To destroy with an explosion.
Synonyms: blow up, blow, blast, burst
(transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.
(transitive) To create an exploded view of.
(transitive, archaic) To disprove or debunk.
(intransitive) To blast, to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
(figuratively, intransitive) To make a violent or emotional outburst.
Synonym: blow up
(figurative, intransitive) To increase suddenly.
Synonym: blow up
(computing, programming, PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.
(transitive, computing) To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.
Synonym: unstring
(transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*plode", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Exploded; p. pr. & vb. n. Exploding.] Etym: [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out, drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See Plausible.]
1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder explodes.
2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a boiler from too great pressure of steam.
3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at this, his wrath exploded.
Ex*plode", v. t.
1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. [Obs.] Him old and young Exploded, and seized with violent hands. Milton.
2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. Burke. To explode and exterminate dark atheism. Bently.
3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire.
4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. But late the kindled powder did explode The massy ball and the brass tube unload. Blackmore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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