To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
To enter or exit hurriedly and unexpectedly.
To cause to break from internal pressure.
To break from internal pressure.
To separate (printer paper) at perforation lines.
To produce as an effect of bursting.
To erupt; to change state suddenly as if bursting.
To interrupt suddenly in a violent or explosive manner; to shatter.
An act or instance of bursting.
A series of shots fired from an automatic firearm.
A sudden, often intense, expression, manifestation or display.
The explosion of a bomb or missile.