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How to pronounce “explode”

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Pronunciation guide for explode

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of explode with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: A Memoir of Astrophysicsexploding Stars so stars that at the ends of their lives explode as Supernova and I'm
Definition summary: (transitive) To destroy with an explosion.

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A Memoir of Astrophysics

exploding Stars so stars that at the ends of their lives explode as Supernova and I'm

[Verb]
(transitive) To destroy with an explosion.
(transitive) To destroy violently or abruptly.
(transitive) To create an exploded view of.
(transitive, archaic) To disprove or debunk.
(intransitive) To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
(intransitive, figuratively) To make a violent or emotional outburst; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially anger.
(intransitive, figuratively) To increase suddenly.
(mathematics) To increase arbitrarily or boundlessly.
(intransitive, figuratively) To emerge suddenly.
(slang, vulgar) To ejaculate.
(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.
(transitive) To open all doors and hatches on an automobile.
(intransitive, board gaming) Of a die, to produce the highest face result and consequently reroll.