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Example sentences for: explode

How can you use “explode” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

We're reasonably sure that Slate Explorer won't cause your computer to explode, or to charge large sums to your Visa card, or to take up smoking, or to insult a police officer.
We don't see the enemy machine guns or rifles, but we hear the pops and the ceaseless whine of bullets, and we watch the men as their chests and heads explode.
Does he explode into flame, as in John Carpenter's Vampires ? Turn into a Pompeii-like ash sculpture, as in Interview With the Vampire ? Feel a little short of energy, as in Bram Stoker's Dracula ? Or merely require the use of a good sunblock, as in Blade ?
This would mean, explains the Times , that Swissair Flight 111 did not explode.
It is the charge that is ignited, not the “explosion”; also, black powder does not explode: it burns.