Explode Crossword Clue
While searching our database we found 1 possible solution for the: Explode crossword clue. This crossword clue was last seen on December 21 2023 in the popular New York Times Crossword puzzle. The solution we have for Explode has a total of 4 letters.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99% | BLOW | Explode | New York Times |
| 20% | GOVIRAL | Explode on the internet | New York Times |
| 20% | HITSTHEROOF | Explodes in anger | New York Times |
| 20% | BLOW | __ up (explode) | Newsday |
Definition
| • | To flower; to blossom; to bloom. |
| • | To cause to blossom; to put forth (blossoms or flowers). |
| • | A blossom; a flower; also, a state of blossoming; a mass of blossoms. |
| • | A forcible stroke with the hand, fist, or some instrument, as a rod, a club, an ax, or a sword. |
| • | A sudden or forcible act or effort; an assault. |
| • | The infliction of evil; a sudden calamity; something which produces mental, physical, or financial suffering or loss (esp. when sudden); a buffet. |
| • | To produce a current of air; to move, as air, esp. to move rapidly or with power; as, the wind blows. |
| • | To send forth a forcible current of air, as from the mouth or from a pair of bellows. |
| • | To breathe hard or quick; to pant; to puff. |
| • | To sound on being blown into, as a trumpet. |
| • | To spout water, etc., from the blowholes, as a whale. |
| • | To be carried or moved by the wind; as, the dust blows in from the street. |
| • | To talk loudly; to boast; to storm. |
| • | To force a current of air upon with the mouth, or by other means; as, to blow the fire. |
| • | To drive by a current air; to impel; as, the tempest blew the ship ashore. |
| • | To cause air to pass through by the action of the mouth, or otherwise; to cause to sound, as a wind instrument; as, to blow a trumpet; to blow an organ. |
| • | To clear of contents by forcing air through; as, to blow an egg; to blow one's nose. |
| • | To burst, shatter, or destroy by an explosion; -- usually with up, down, open, or similar adverb; as, to blow up a building. |
| • | To spread by report; to publish; to disclose. |
| • | To form by inflation; to swell by injecting air; as, to blow bubbles; to blow glass. |
| • | To inflate, as with pride; to puff up. |
| • | To put out of breath; to cause to blow from fatigue; as, to blow a horse. |
| • | To deposit eggs or larvae upon, or in (meat, etc.). |
| • | A blowing, esp., a violent blowing of the wind; a gale; as, a heavy blow came on, and the ship put back to port. |
| • | The act of forcing air from the mouth, or through or from some instrument; as, to give a hard blow on a whistle or horn; to give the fire a blow with the bellows. |
| • | The spouting of a whale. |
| • | A single heat or operation of the Bessemer converter. |
| • | An egg, or a larva, deposited by a fly on or in flesh, or the act of depositing it. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- New York Times: Dec 21, 2023
- New York Times: Dec 20, 2023
- Eugene Sheffer: May 27, 2023
- Newsday: May 19, 2023
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