Volatile Definition. In chemistry, the word volatile refers to a substance that vaporizes readily. Volatility is a measure of how readily a substance vaporizes or transitions from a liquid phase to a gas phase. However, the term can also be applied to the phase change from solid state to vapor, which is sublimation.
Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition: explode(Verb) To create an explosion, usually resulting in the destruction of an intended target. The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb. explode(Verb) To destroy violently or abruptly.
vb, bursts, bursting or burst. 1. to break or cause to break open or apart suddenly and noisily, esp from internal pressure; explode. 2. (intr) to come, go, etc, suddenly and forcibly: he burst into the room. 3. (intr) to be full to the point of breaking open. 4. (intr) to give vent (to) suddenly or loudly: to burst into song. 5. (Pathology) to cause or suffer the rupture of: to burst a blood vessel.