According to Guinness World Records, the largest coffee shop is the Al Masaa Café, which has 1,050 seats. The coffee shop was inaugurated in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on 13 August 2014.
EXPLODED
exploded
(adjective) showing the parts of something separated but in positions that show their correct relation to one another; “the manufacturer provided an exploded view of the apparatus”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
exploded
simple past tense and past participle of explode
Source: Wiktionary
EXPLODE
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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