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[ adjective ] increasing suddenly and with uncontrolled rapidity

Examples

"the world's exploding population"

Used in print

(Sports Age, 24:9...)

Are you looking ahead to the exploding market of millions of American boys and girls , who will grow_up to enjoy a traditional American way_of_life - ranging the fields with a fine American gun and uniformly excellent ammunition ?

Related terms

increasing

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[ adjective ] (of munitions) going off

Synonyms

bursting detonating

Examples

"bursting bombs" "an exploding nuclear device" "a spectacular display of detonating anti-tank mines"

Related terms

explosive

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