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Phrase(s): explode with something
1. Lit. to make a loud noise upon exploding or releasing energy. • The bomb exploded with a thunderous roar. • When the joke was finished, the audience exploded with laughter. 2. Fig. to burst out saying something; to be about to burst with eagerness to say something. • The children exploded with protests when their parents told them it was bedtime. • Hanna was exploding with questions. 3. Fig. to produce a sudden abundance of something. (Alludes to buds bursting or a sudden blooming or sprouting of vegetation.) • The fields exploded with an enormous crop of wildf lowers. • The cherry trees exploded with blossoms.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs