Past tense of explode
regular verb
The past tense of explode is exploded. The past participle is also exploded.
Forms of explode
| Base form (V1) | explode /ɪkˈspləʊd/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | exploded |
| Past participle (V3) | exploded |
| Present participle | exploding |
| Third person singular | explodes |
Exploded in a sentence
- The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.
- She exploded when I criticised her hat.
- The car swerved off a road, hit a wall, and fireballed as the petrol tank exploded.From the entry fireball
- The rocket shot skyward and exploded in a burst of glittering stars.From the entry skyward
- The bomb exploded, sending a mushroomoid cloud of ash and fire into the sky.From the entry mushroomoid
Meaning of explode
- verb To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.
- verb To destroy with an explosion.
- verb To make a violent or emotional outburst; to suddenly give expression to powerful and often negative or unpleasant emotion, especially anger.
Questions about the past tense of explode
- What is the past tense of explode?
- The past tense of explode is exploded.
- What is the past participle of explode?
- The past participle of explode is exploded.
- Is explode a regular or irregular verb?
- Explode is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: explode (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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