Exploit and Exploding

noun

• A notable achievement.
  • usage: "he performed a great feat"; "the book was her finest effort"
  • synonyms: feat, effort

verb

• Use or manipulate to one's advantage.
  • usage: "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"
  • synonyms: work
• Draw from; make good use of.
  • usage: "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
  • synonyms: tap
• Work excessively hard.
  • usage: "he is exploiting the students"
  • synonyms: overwork

• (n.) A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great.
• (n.) Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon.
• (n.) Combat; war.
• (n.) To utilize; to make available; to get the value or usefulness out of; as, to exploit a mine or agricultural lands; to exploit public opinion.

verb

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