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Expletive
- noun - a word or phrase conveying no independent meaning but added to fill out a sentence or metrical line
- An Oath.
- profane or obscene expression usually of surprise or anger; "expletives were deleted"
Expletory
- - Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word.
Explicate
- verb - elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; "Could you develop the ideas in your thesis"
- make plain and comprehensible; "He explained the laws of physics to his students"
Explodent
- - An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive.
Exploding
- verb - be unleashed; emerge with violence or noise; "His anger exploded"
- burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"
- burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle exploded"
- cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/
- cause to burst with a violent release of energy; "We exploded the nuclear bomb"
- destroy by exploding; "The enemy exploded the bridge"
- drive from the stage by noisy disapproval
- increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The population of India is exploding"; "The island's rodent population irrupted"
- show (a theory or claim) to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete
- show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when he heard of the resignation of the secretary"
Exploited
- verb - developed or used to greatest advantage
- draw from; make good use of; "we must exploit the resources we are given wisely"
- of persons; taken advantage of;
- use or manipulate to one's advantage; "He exploit the new taxation system"; "She knows how to work the system"; "he works his parents for sympathy"
- work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"
Exploiter
- noun - a person who uses something or someone selfishly or unethically
Exploring
- verb - examine (organs) for diagnostic purposes
- examine minutely
- inquire into; "the students had to research the history of the Second World War for their history project"; "He searched for information on his relatives on the web"; "Scientists are exploring the nature of consciousness"
- travel to or penetrate into; "explore unknown territory in biology"
Explosion
- noun - a golf shot from a bunker that typically moves sand as well as the golf ball
- a sudden great increase; "the population explosion"; "the information explosion"
- a sudden outburst; "an explosion of laughter"; "an explosion of rage"
- a violent release of energy caused by a chemical or nuclear reaction
- the act of exploding or bursting; "the explosion of the firecrackers awoke the children"; "the burst of an atom bomb creates enormous radiation aloft"
- the noise caused by an explosion; "the explosion was heard a mile away"
- the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant