explodingn.
/ᵻkˈspləʊdɪŋ/, /ɛkˈspləʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsploʊdɪŋ/, /ɛkˈsploʊdɪŋ/ 1. † a. The action or an act of publicly condemning or banishing a person or thing. Cf. explode v. 2a. Obsolete.† c. The action or an act of disbelieving, rejecting, or denying something. Cf. explode v. 1a. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > contemptuous rejection
explosion1546
spurn1604
exploding1617
spurninga1853
1617 J. Maxwell Demonstrative Def. of Doctr. 27 in New Eight-fold Probation Church of Englands Divine Constit. How that they commit the like incongruities, absurdities, errours and impieties..in their exploding of Prelacie.
1661 G. Wither Triple Paradox 76 That, which Crofton most insisted on,..Is an exploding of the Hierarchy Brought in, by Antichristian-Prelacy.
1736 D. Neal Hist. Puritans III. iv. 147 He blames them..for making too light of Ordination; for their too great Strictness in the Qualification of Church-Members;..and their too much exploding of Synods and Councils.
1811 Hist. Reign George III from Accesion to Present Time II. ix. 448 That system of plunder and devastation, the execrating and exploding of which had been the glory of civilized Europe.
b. The action of exposing or demonstrating an error; the action of disproving or discrediting a theory, belief, or myth.
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1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια iv. 6 Which of them, that peradventure hath erred, in admitting some slender part of it..hath not..zealously maintained the truth, to the utter exploding of the whole errour?
1665 J. Glanvill Sciri Tuum: Authors Defense 71 in Scepsis Scientifica Our Author's Metaphysical argument against a Vacuum, (the exploding of which he thinks so necessary).
1697 J. Partridge Defectio Geniturarum i. 13 If the Detecting and Exploding of Errors, is a denouncing of War; then Truth and Peace is in a very sorry Condition.
1751 J. Hill Rev. Wks. Royal Soc. vi. iv. iii. 138 The exploding of Errors is of little Use to the World, unless Truths are established in their Place.
1837 C. F. Partington Brit. Cycl. Nat. Hist. III. 285/1 Although unintentional errors,..it becomes every one's duty to assist in the exploding of them.
1891 Homiletic Rev. Feb. 119 Their attempted exploding of what were judged to be scientific heresies was known by the students to be unsound scientifically.
1939 Sigma Xi Q. 27 205 Part of the public duty of the faculty was to be the exploding of popular errors in experimental philosophy.
1979 H. H. Bash Sociol., Race, & Ethnicity i. 15 The exploring of mysteries ‘out in nature’ is as widely met with approval, as the exploding of myths within culture is viewed with apprehension.
2006 Caribbean Q. 52 131 The exploding of the myth of the male breadwinner.
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1665 J. Glanvill Scepsis Scientifica Addr. Royal Soc. sig. b The confident exploding of all immaterial Substances.
1707 Coll. State Tracts Reign William III III. 716 It is not necessary to add further Instances..of their exploding of the Original Contract, and the pretended Breach of it.
1786 Ann. Agric. 5 445 An entire exploding of the self-rewarding virtue of charity.
1791 G. Colebrook Six Lett. Intolerance i. 35 [Protestant Dissenters'] reliance must be in the generosity and good sense of the nation at large;..in the exploding of all confined notions.
2.
a. Explosion or detonation of a bomb, explosive substance, etc.; an instance of this. Cf. explode v. 5.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > exploding > an explosion (of fire, gunpowder, etc.)
displosion1656
explosion1681
bursta1719
exploding1770
blow-up1807
airquake1891
cook-off1947
1770 Philos. Trans. 1769 (Royal Soc.) 59 70 The same piece of wire..was only made red-hot, which is equivalent to the melting and exploding of little more than two inches and a half.
1782 Scots. Mag. Nov. 386/2 That very confinement prevented its exploding with such violence as when it is ignited in the open air.
1822 W. J. Hort Gen. View Sci. & Arts II. vii. 47 Very extraordinary and powerful effects may be produced by the electrical battery; such as the exploding of gunpowder.
1865 H. Everts Compl. & Comprehensive Hist. 9th Regiment New Jersey Vols. 140 The fences of both cemeteries were destroyed; tombstones scattered to pieces, and graves had been opened by the exploding of shells.
1936 Pop. Sci. Monthly May 93 It is the exploding of the [coal] dust itself, involving violent agitation of the air ahead of the flame, that raises additional dust.
1961 Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier Oct. 26 4/1 The Communist action, particularly in the exploding of high-megaton bombs, has brought a revulsion of feeling against the Communists all over the world.
2013 Firehouse June 16 The exploding of two bombs near the finish line of the Boston Marathon.
b. The action of shattering, bursting, or breaking apart violently, typically so as to scatter fragments outwards; an instance of this.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > [noun] > breaking into pieces or shattering
shiveringc1400
truncheoning1477
upbreaking1493
confraction?1541
refraction1578
splinting1598
diffraction1654
hatchet work1697
shattering1748
exploding1791
smash1808
explosion1811
splintering1815
blasting1824
shatterment1841
scatteration1880
smashing1886
1791 R. Harrington Treat. Air 60 If the operator is not very cautious, he will be made sensible of the combustion by the exploding of the vessels.
1838 Mag. Nat. Hist. 2 219 Blackheath flints may be burnt in the fire, without their exploding.
1931 Daily Mail (Hagerstown, Maryland) 20 Apr. 2/4 Another [tip] concerned the exploding of a milk bottle which injured a youth.
2006 F. Fowler High-mountain Two-manner ix. 175 One of them [sc. Hollywood exaggerations] was the frequent exploding of trees as they were sucked up in flame.
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attributive designating a chamber or container in which an explosions is carried out; designating a mechanism or part of a mechanism used in initiating an explosion.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > exploding
fulminating1648
fulmination1651
exploding1790
air-burst1917
1790 W. Austin in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 80 58 In a large exploding jar I mixed 4¾ measures of heavy inflammable air with 7¼ of dephlogisticated air.
1803 Imison's Elements Sci. & Art (new ed.) II. 16 G (Fig. 7), represents a tube for receiving a mixture of gases that are to be exploded by the electric spark... These instruments are called exploding tubes.
1881 W. W. Greener Gun & its Devel. 336 The tumbler strikes an exploding-pin screwed into the false breech.
1920 Smith Coll. Monthly Feb. 196 The unnaturally intense heat..was at its intensest in the exploding room of the mill.
1983 P. Achinstein Nature of Explan. viii. 268 We might imagine that neither the designer nor the user of the sewing machine with the self-destruct button has as a goal the activation of the exploding mechanism.
2011 Toxin Rev. 30 5/1 The chemical weapons are placed in the ‘exploding chamber’ and the weapons are exploded inside.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
explodingadj.
/ᵻkˈspləʊdɪŋ/, /ɛkˈspləʊdɪŋ/, U.S. /ᵻkˈsploʊdɪŋ/, /ɛkˈsploʊdɪŋ/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [adjective] > contemptuous > rejecting contemptuously
exploding1667
spurning1788
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost x. 546 Thus was th'applause they meant, Turnd to exploding hiss. View more context for this quotation
1768 H. Jones Inoculation 3 The Sport of Winds, and Scorn's exploding Breath.
2. Of a firearm or artillery piece: going off, discharging.
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1715 W. W. Eclipse 8 Th' exploding engines, implements of death, Have oft been levell'd to discharge their load Against him.
1766 H. Jones Vectis ii. 20 Hark! how the thunders of the exploding gun..beget a thousand vollies as they run.
1820 W. Scott Abbot III. v. 139 Great and violent grief or horror sometimes..spread a cloud like that of an exploding cannon.
1874 N.-Y. Times 21 July 8/1 The long, low, Swiss-roofed shooting-hall resounded with the sharp crack of the exploding rifles.
1911 G. K. Chesterton Innocence of Father Brown xii. 334 All those grisly tools, the noose, the bloody knife, the exploding pistol, were instruments of a curious mercy.
1967 D. Mercer Parachute xii. 114 (stage direct.) Cut to: An exploding revolver. In a long, bare shooting gallery, Werner's Father is shooting at clay pipes.
2014 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 25 Jan. 32 There is a marked lack of blood and gore, despite all those flashing swords and exploding muskets.
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a. Of a substance: that is undergoing a rapid chemical or nuclear reaction, generating a violent release of energy in the form of intense heat, light, noise, and a powerful blast. Of a device or object: that is producing such a release of energy.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [adjective] > explosive
fulminating1646
explosive1696
exploding1883
?1734 P. Shaw Chem. Lect. xix. sig. Cc8v There must be a large quantity of Air..generated by the exploding Mixture.
?1783 S. Ancell Jrnl. Blockade & Siege Gibraltar xviii. 126 Flashing of guns, mortars, howitzers, and exploding shells.
1819 J. Gorham Elem. Chem. Sci. I. i. v. 233 The electricity excited by friction will inflame combustible liquids, gun-powder, and the metallic, exploding compounds.
1883 Academy 23 June 444/1 That tree..has the air of an exploding shell.
1902 Princeton Alumni Weekly 29 Nov. 165/2 The humorous picture of..a Princeton football player kicking a goal from the field with an exploding cannon ball.
1974 Field & Stream July 87/1 There is only one split micro-second when the exploding gas meets the piston at the exact top of its stroke. Only then is all the potential power used to provide the maximum force to move your car!
2012 New Yorker 28 May 65/2 Various stratagems were considered, including blowing Castro's head off with an exploding cigar.
b. That is shattering, bursting, or breaking apart violently, typically so as to scatter fragments outwards.
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1814 Belfast Monthly Mag. Nov. 409/2 Ponderous meteors or exploding trains, which traverse..extensive portions of the atmosphere.
1837 H. G. M. Chatterton Aunt Dorothy's Tale II. x. 165 He lay among the fragments, insensible to all around,—the noise of the exploding bottles, or the shouts and laughter of the mob.
1889 New Orleans Med. & Surg. Jrnl 16 899 A young boy, 16 years of age, working in a drugstore..was struck in the month of May by a piece of glass from an exploding bottle.
1921 Army & Navy Reg. 12 Feb. 142/2 He was called to the engine room by a report that a boiler had lost water, and reached there in time to get the full force of the exploding glass.
1986 New Scientist 21 Aug. 30/1 Some countries have introduced other safety measures to reduce the dangers of exploding glass bottles.
2006 N. A. Downie Exploding Disk Cannons, Slimemobiles, & 32 Other Projects for Sat. Sci. ii. 25 Maybe you can set off a whole cascade of exploding balloons.
4. Of a noise: loud, sudden, or violent; resulting from or resembling that of an explosion.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > explosive sound > [adjective]
clapping1582
exploding1755
detonating1808
detonative1875
detonable1884
chunking1902
1755 W. S. Liberty Regain'd 18 Such lambent Fires th' exploding Thunders send.
1817 New Eng. Jrnl. Med. & Surg. 6 88 Two kinds of thunder have been noticed by meteorologists, the one a rattling, exploding sound, following a vivid flash of lightning; the other rolling and heavy.
1854 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xxxvii. 337 The howling, the clattering, the exploding din.
1917 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. 2/5 Gas shells came whining, with their queer little puffs, unlike the exploding roar of the bigger shells.
1963 Pop. Boating Apr. 87/1 The port watch was below enjoying dinner when an exploding ‘Crack!’ was heard on the foredeck.
2015 K. Iino tr. M. Fuchigami & N. Kasahara in tr. Y. Hatamura et al. 2011 Fukushima Nucl. Power Plant Accident ii. 74 The exploding sound heard at 06:12 was, without question, the hydrogen explosion in Unit 4.
5. That rapidly increases in size or magnitude.Originally of a population; cf. explode v. 7h(b).
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1951 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 95 576/1 The whole ‘exploding’ population tends to push forward en masse.
1971 Countryman Winter 81 The Church..must needs concern itself with the problems of feeding the exploding world population.
1991 New Scientist 16 Mar. 28/1 Cheeses that mature in days instead of months are now in prospect thanks to the development of so-called ‘exploding starter cultures’.
2015 Cape Times (Nexis) 19 May 9 The exploding popularity of websites devoted to matching soulmates for life.
6. Of an offer (esp. for a job): that is retracted, or that diminishes in value, if not accepted within a short period of time.
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1978 Forbes 13 Nov. 110/1 Take-it-quick ‘exploding’ offers that give top dollar but expire in little over a week.
1983 N.Y. Times 30 Oct. (Business section) 15/2 Stanford has banned what is known as the ‘exploding bonus’, the promise that an M.B.A. student will get a big check for accepting a job offer—but only if he accepts early.
1998 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 24 Jan. He has been criticized by other lawyers for passing up the exploding offer of unconditional immunity.
2003 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 111 1343 By making exploding offers, firms limit the ability of applicants to consider alternative offers.
2015 E. Zamir Law, Psychol., & Morality iv. 95 Covey pointed to the role loss aversion plays in inducing defendants to accept a plea bargain when prosecutors make an ‘exploding offer’.
Compounds
exploding wire n. a short, electrically conductive wire through which a large current is passed in order to cause it to explode.Exploding wire is used for a variety of experimental and practical purposes, and frequently forms part of the detonator mechanism in nuclear weapons.
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1920 Astrophysical Jrnl. 51 40 The larger part of the energy of the condenser is expended in the exploding wire.
1963 New Scientist 16 May 386/2 The objective in an exploding wire experiment is to bring a large amount of energy into the wire very quickly.
2012 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 370 719 Direct initiation of spherical detonations may be effected by..an exploding wire or chemical explosive.
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