Verb

(explod)

To destroy with an explosion.

The assassin exploded the car by means of a car bomb.

To destroy violently or abruptly.

They sought to explode the myth.

To create an exploded view.

Explode the assembly drawing so that all the fasteners are visible.

(archaic) To disprove or debunk.

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Astrology is required by many famous physiciansdoubted of, and exploded by others.

To blast, to blow up, to burst, to detonate, to go off.

The bomb explodes .

(figuratively) To make a violent or emotional outburst.

She exploded when I criticised her hat.

* 1902 , Albert R. Carman, “My Bridal Trip” (short story), in The Canadian Magazine , Volume 20, Number 1 (November 1902), page 15:

“Nonsense!” Jack exploded at me. “Why Miss Bertram here knocked that theory into a cocked hat coming over on the train.”

(computing, programming, PHP) To break (a delimited string of text) into several smaller strings by removing the separators.

* 2004 , Hugh E. Williams, ?David Lane, Web Database Applications with PHP and MySQL

The third check uses the exploded data stored in the array $parts and the function checkdate() to test if the date is a valid calendar date.

To decompress (data) that was previously imploded.

* 1992 , "Steve Tibbett", PKZIP Implode compression/decompression.'' (on newsgroup ''comp.compression )

I'm looking for some code that will implode data using the PKZIP method.. and explode it. PKWare sells an object that you can link with that does the job, and we have licensed this, but we are now writing 32 bit code for MS-DOS and the PKWare stuff won't work

Verb

(en-verb)

(label) To do things quickly.

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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Stewards, carrying cabin trunks, swarm in the corridors. Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry , with futile energy, from place to place.

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, chapter=19 citation , passage=When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.}}

(label) Often with (up), to speed up the rate of doing something.

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(label) To cause to be done quickly.

(label) To hasten; to impel to greater speed; to urge on.

*(Robert South) (1634–1716)

*:Impetuous lust hurries him on.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:They hurried him aboard a bark.

(label) To impel to precipitate or thoughtless action; to urge to confused or irregular activity.

*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)

*:And wild amazement hurries up and down / The little number of your doubtful friends.