Hypertext Webster Gateway: "exploding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Explode \Ex*plode"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Exploded}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Exploding}.] [L. explodere, explosum, to drive out,
drive out a player by clapping; ex out+plaudere, plodere, to
clap, strike, applaud: cf. OF. exploder. See {Plausible}.]
1. To become suddenly expanded into a great volume of gas or
vapor; to burst violently into flame; as gunpowder
explodes.
2. To burst with force and a loud report; to detonate, as a
shell filled with powder or the like material, or as a
boiler from too great pressure of steam.
3. To burst forth with sudden violence and noise; as, at
this, his wrath exploded.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
exploding
adj 1: increasing suddenly and with uncontrolled rapidity; "the
world's exploding population"
2: (of munitions) going off; "bursting bombs"; "an exploding
nuclear device"; "a spectacular display of detonating
anti-tank mines" [syn: {bursting}, {detonating}]
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