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explode

[ik-splohd] / ɪkˈsploʊd /




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It’s not necessarily the case that the tank would explode at 101 degrees, said Elias Picazo, assistant professor of chemistry at USC.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

"If it does explode and there is a vapor, you are all safe as long as you are out of the zone that was determined to be an evacuation zone," she said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Astronomers have long believed the Milky Way is filled with neutron stars, the ultra dense remnants left behind when massive stars explode.

From Science Daily • May 15, 2026

As a writer who is both gay and old enough to have watched the internet explode into the nefarious monster it’s become, the way language transforms online both irks and fascinates me.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

I swallow hard, as if all the noises I heard today are going to explode out of me.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari




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