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Exploding and Boiling

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"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Explode.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
boiling

noun

  • The application of heat to change something from a liquid to a gas.
  • Cooking in a liquid that has been brought to a boil.

verb

  • Come to the boiling point and change from a liquid to vapor.
    • usage: "Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius"
  • Immerse or be immersed in a boiling liquid, often for cooking purposes.
    • usage: "boil potatoes"; "boil wool"
  • Bring to, or maintain at, the boiling point.
    • usage: "boil this liquid until it evaporates"
  • Be agitated.
    • usage: "the sea was churning in the storm"
  • Be in an agitated emotional state.
    • usage: "The customer was seething with anger"

adverb

  • Extremely.
    • usage: "boiling mad"
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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