exploding

verbadjectivenouncommon in dialogue

Having the appearance of an explosion.

verb

1
Also a form of explodepresent participle and gerund of explode
My head is exploding from all this rubbish.

adjective

1
figurativeHaving the appearance of an explosion.
2
figurativeOnly available for a very short period.

noun

1
datedExplosion.
When helpless, a soldier lay racked with his goadings Of wounds he'd received in the battle's explodings.
Blowings up —explodings— Such would be your fate; Streams of fire 'neath us! — Bless us, what a state!
How can these vitality affects be described? They are surgings, fadings, explodings, collapsings, slowings down, drawing out or drifting, feelings.
Nietzsche judged in advance [präjudiziert] this exploding of the heavens by elevated humanness [gesteigerte Meschhaftigkeit], an exploding that, religiously (also for Nietzsche), is and remains inculpation.

Forms

plural: explodings

explicit · Very specific, clear, or detailed.explode · To fly apart with sudden violent force; to blow up, to burst,…exploded · Having been subjected to an explosion; blown up.

exploding · Having the appearance of an explosion.

exploit · A heroic or extraordinary deed.exploitation · The act of utilizing something; industry.exploration · The process of exploring.

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