explod

v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Him old and young
Exploded, and seized with violent hands. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To explode and exterminate dark atheism. Bently. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

But late the kindled powder did explode
The massy ball and the brass tube unload. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Explosive, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]