*explo*

v. t. 1. To drive from the stage by noisy expressions of disapprobation; to hoot off; to drive away or reject noisily; as, to explode a play. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Him old and young
Exploded, and seized with violent hands. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To bring into disrepute, and reject; to drive from notice and acceptance; as, to explode a scheme, fashion, or doctrine. [ 1913 Webster ]

Old exploded contrivances of mercantile fraud. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

To explode and exterminate dark atheism. Bently. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To cause to explode or burst noisily; to detonate; as, to explode powder by touching it with fire. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To drive out with violence and noise, as by powder. [ 1913 Webster ]

But late the kindled powder did explode
The massy ball and the brass tube unload. Blackmore. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An instrument or agent causing explosion; an exploder; also, an explosive. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. See Explosive, n., 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who or that which explodes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who rejects an opinion or scheme with open contempt. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. esploit success, OF. esploit, espleit, revenue, product, vigor, force, exploit, F. exploit exploit, fr. L. explicitum, prop. p. p. neut. of explicare to unfold, display, exhibit; ex + plicare to fold. See Ply, and cf. Explicit, Explicate. ] 1. A deed or act; especially, a heroic act; a deed of renown; an adventurous or noble achievement; as, the exploits of Alexander the Great. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ripe for exploits and mighty enterprises. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Combat; war. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

He made haste to exploit some warlike service. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ F. exploiter. ] 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. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Hence: To draw an illegitimate profit from; to speculate on; to put upon. [ Recent ] [ 1913 Webster ]

In no sense whatever does a man who accumulates a fortune by legitimate industry exploit his employés or make his capital “out of” anybody else. W. G. Sumner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. ] The act of exploiting or utilizing. J. D. Whitney. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. tending to exploit or make use of.
Syn. -- exploitative, exploitatory. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. The act of exploiting or accomplishing; achievement. [ Obs. ] Udall. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Exploitation. Harper's Mag. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. That may be explored; as, an explorable region. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. explorare, exploratum. ] To explore. [ Obs. ] Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. exploratio: cf. F. exploration. ] The act of exploring, penetrating, or ranging over for purposes of discovery, especially of geographical discovery; examination; as, the exploration of unknown countries; (Med.) physical examination. [ 1913 Webster ]

“An exploration of doctrine.” Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Exploratory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ] One who explores; one who examines closely; a searcher. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. exploratorius. ] Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative. Sir H. Wotton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Explored p. pr. & vb. n. Exploring. ] [ L. explorare to explore; ex out+plorare to cry out aloud, prob. orig., to cause to flow; perh. akin to E. flow: cf. F. explorer. ] 1. To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Explores the lost, the wandering sheep directs. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To search through or into; to penetrate or range over for discovery; to examine thoroughly; as, to explore new countries or seas; to explore the depths of science. “Hidden frauds [ to ] explore.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of exploring; exploration. [ R. ] Sir T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who explores; also, an apparatus with which one explores, as a diving bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Employed in, or designed for, exploration. “Exploring parties.” Bancroft. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. explosio a driving off by clapping: cf. F. explosion explosion. See Explode. ] 1. The act of exploding; detonation; a chemical action which causes the sudden formation of a great volume of expanded gas; as, the explosion of gunpowder, of fire damp, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bursting with violence and loud noise, because of internal pressure; as, the explosion of a gun, a bomb, a steam boiler, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A violent outburst of feeling, manifested by excited language, action, etc.; as, an explosion of wrath. [ 1913 Webster ]

A formidable explosion of high-church fanaticism. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. a sudden and substantial increase; a rapid acceleration; as, the population explosion. [ PJC ]

a. [ Cf. F. explosif. ] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, TNT, dynamite, or nitro-glycerine. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [ See Guide to Pronunciation, √ 155-7, 184. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an explosive manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>prop. n.. [ After the inventor, P. A. Favier, a Frenchman. ] Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof wrappers. It is used for mining. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Incapable of being explored, searched out, or discovered. Sir G. Buck. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Not explosive. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. not exploratory. Opposite of exploratory.
Syn. -- nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. Not explosive. [ Narrower terms: noncombustible (vs. combustible), incombustible ] WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The explosion of an atomic bomb or atomic device; -- sometimes also used of fusion-powered explosions.
Syn. -- atomic explosion. [ WordNet 1.5 ]