Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out,
   drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to
   clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.]
   1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or
      vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder
      explodes.

   2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a
      shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a
      boiler from too great pressure of steam.

   3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at
      this, his wrath exploded.

Source : WordNet®

exploding
     adj 1: increasing suddenly and with uncontrolled rapidity; "the
            world's exploding population"
     2: (of munitions) going off; "bursting bombs"; "an exploding
        nuclear device"; "a spectacular display of detonating
        anti-tank mines" [syn: {bursting}, {detonating}]