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Exploding and Cracking

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
cracking

noun

  • A sudden sharp noise.
    • usage: "the crack of a whip"; "he heard the cracking of the ice"; "he can hear the snap of a twig"
  • The act of cracking something.
  • The process whereby heavy molecules of naphtha or petroleum are broken down into hydrocarbons of lower molecular weight (especially in the oil-refining process. )

verb

  • Become fractured; break or crack on the surface only.
    • usage: "The glass cracked when it was heated"
  • Make a very sharp explosive sound.
    • usage: "His gun cracked"
  • Make a sharp sound.
    • usage: "his fingers snapped"
  • Hit forcefully; deal a hard blow, making a cracking noise.
    • usage: "The teacher cracked him across the face with a ruler"
  • Pass through (a barrier. )
    • usage: "Registrations cracked through the 30, 000 mark in the county"
  • Break partially but keep its integrity.
    • usage: "The glass cracked"
  • Break suddenly and abruptly, as under tension.
    • usage: "The pipe snapped"
  • Gain unauthorized access computers with malicious intentions.
    • usage: "she cracked my password"; "crack a safe"
  • Suffer a nervous breakdown.
  • Tell spontaneously.
    • usage: "crack a joke"
  • Cause to become cracked.
    • usage: "heat and light cracked the back of the leather chair"
  • Reduce (petroleum) to a simpler compound by cracking.
  • Break into simpler molecules by means of heat.
    • usage: "The petroleum cracked"

adjective

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

CRACKING is the process of breaking down the molecular structure of a substance into smaller units. Petroleum is cracked as part of the refining process to extract products such as heating oil and gasoline.

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