exploder

Someone or something that explodes.

Noun

  1. Someone or something that explodes.
  2. A device to trigger explosive detonators such as a plunger or crank operated electrical generator.
  3. A device to trigger explosions in torpedoes.
  4. A person who directs their anger outward.
    • To a certain extent anger is natural. The therapeutic question is to determine how anger affects attitude and managerial skills. In general, anger behaviour results in the so-called anger personalities: the exploders...
  5. One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt.
    • scandalous Exploders of the Doctrine of Passive Obedience - 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

Origin

Etymology tree English explode Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English exploder From explode + -er.

Forms

exploders