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- verb Present participle of
explode .
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Examples
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The most common cause for a gun's action or barrel "exploding" is some obstruction in the barrel.
Savage 93R17 2009
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The most common cause for a gun's action or barrel "exploding" is some obstruction in the barrel.
Savage 93R17 2009
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“Yes,” my mother said, the word exploding out of her as if she’d been holding her breath.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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“Yes,” my mother said, the word exploding out of her as if she’d been holding her breath.
imperfect endings Zoe FitzGerald Carter 2010
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Clearly one factor in these decisions was allowing BP to not lose their investment in the drilling site and to collect some portion of the oil exploding from the wellhead.
Jerry Cope: Corexit Use Still Appears to Be Prevalent in the Gulf, Despite Official Statements Jerry Cope 2010
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Clearly one factor in these decisions was allowing BP to not lose their investment in the drilling site and to collect some portion of the oil exploding from the wellhead.
Jerry Cope: Corexit Use Still Appears to Be Prevalent in the Gulf, Despite Official Statements Jerry Cope 2010
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What it says is that the more cool stuff you ladle on, and the tvtropes page makes it clear that cool means “kewl”, as in exploding ninjas not as in “things you aesthetically appreciate,” the more you can let the realism slip in other departments.
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The fact that half of all the children in America are considered overweight, and diet-related illnesses are exploding, is all part of the price we are paying by neglecting family dinner.
Laurie David: The Family Dinner: Reviving an Endangered Ritual Laurie David 2010
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The sound of the teabaggers exploding is like the sound of the old pop rocks.
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Clearly one factor in these decisions was allowing BP to not lose their investment in the drilling site and to collect some portion of the oil exploding from the wellhead.
Jerry Cope: Corexit Use Still Appears to Be Prevalent in the Gulf, Despite Official Statements Jerry Cope 2010
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