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exploders

exploders is the plural of exploder.

Meaning of exploder

Noun

exploder (plural exploders)

  1. Someone or something that explodes.
  2. A device to trigger explosive detonators such as a plunger or crank operated electrical generator.
  3. A device to trigger explosions in torpedoes.
  4. A person who directs their anger outward.
    • To a certain extent anger is natural. The therapeutic question is to determine how anger affects attitude and managerial skills. In general, anger behaviour results in the so-called anger personalities: the exploders and the imploders.2012, Daniël Louw, Network of the Human Soul, page 157
  5. (archaic) One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.
    • scandalous Exploders of the Doctrine of Passive Obedience1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

Questions about exploders

What is exploders the plural of?
Exploders is the plural of exploder.

Words near exploders in the dictionary

  1. exploded view
  2. exploded views
  3. explodedst
  4. explodent
  5. exploder
  6. exploders
  7. explodes
  8. explodest
  9. explodeth
  10. explodey
  11. exploding

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