explode

v 1: cause to explode; "We exploded the nuclear bomb" [syn: {detonate},

{blow up}, {set off}]

2: burst outward, usually with noise; "The champagne bottle

exploded" [syn: {burst}] [ant: {implode}]

3: show a violent emotional reaction; "The boss exploded when

he heard of the resignation of the secretary"

4: be unleashed; burst forth with violence or noise, as of an

emotion or an expression of emotion; "His anger exploded"

[syn: {burst forth}, {break loose}]

5: "I could hear rifles explode"

6: destroy by exploding: "The enemy destroyed the bridge"

7: cause to burst as a result of air pressure; of stop

consonants like /p/, /t/, and /k/

8: drive from the stage by noisy disapproval

9: show to be baseless, or refute and make obsolete, as of a

new theory or claim

10: increase rapidly and in an uncontrolled manner; "The

population of India is exploding"

exploit

A security hole or an instance of taking advantage

of a security hole.

"[...] {hackers} say exploit. {sysadmin}s say hole"

-- {Mike Emke (http://emke.com/)}

Emke reports that the stress is on the second syllable. If

this is true, this may be a case of of hackerly zero-deriving

verbs (especially instatials) from nouns, akin to "write" as a

noun to describe an instance of a disk drive writing to a

disk.

(1997-01-31)