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exploding

verb

  • Cause to burst with a violent release of energy.
    • usage: "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
  • Burst outward, usually with noise.
    • usage: "The champagne bottle exploded"
  • Show a violent emotional reaction.
    • usage: "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"
  • Be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise.
    • usage: "His anger exploded"
  • Destroy by exploding.
    • usage: "The enemy exploded the bridge"
  • Cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/.
  • Drive from the stage by noisy disapproval.
  • Show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete.
  • (v.) ()
  • Increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner.
    • usage: "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
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(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Explode.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
blazing

noun

  • A strong flame that burns brightly.
    • usage: "the blaze spread rapidly"

verb

  • Shine brightly and intensively.
    • usage: "Meteors blazed across the atmosphere"
  • Shoot rapidly and repeatedly.
    • usage: "He blazed away at the men"
  • Burn brightly and intensely.
    • usage: "The summer sun alone can cause a pine to blaze"
  • Move rapidly and as if blazing.
    • usage: "The spaceship blazed out into space"
  • Indicate by marking trees with blazes.
    • usage: "blaze a trail"

adjective

  • Shining intensely.
    • usage: "the blazing sun"; "blinding headlights"; "dazzling snow"; "fulgent patterns of sunlight"; "the glaring sun"
  • Without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious.
    • usage: "blatant disregard of the law"; "a blatant appeal to vanity"; "a blazing indiscretion"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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