Syllables World: Mastering Syllable Identification

How many syllables in Explode?

explode has 2 syllables

ex-plode

to burst or blow up with sudden violence

The first syllable 'ex' has one vowel 'e' and one consonant 'x'. The second syllable 'plode' has one vowel 'o' and three consonants 'p', 'l', 'd'.

Verb

The fireworks will explode in the sky.

Things will explode, and no one will know why.
I wish I could explode into a thousand pieces and just disappear.
I just want to explode into a million pieces and never come back.
The world will end not with a bang but a whimper.
The atom bomb was no 'great decision.' It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness.
I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.
I have a need to make these sorts of connections literal sometimes, and a vehicle often helps to do that.
The most violent element in society is ignorance.
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.
The end is near, but it always has been.
The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
The highly motivated young people who comprise the backbone of our military force truly are taking their place as one of America's greatest generations.