explosive
an explosive agent or substance, as dynamite.
Phonetics. plosive.
Origin of explosive
1Other words from explosive
- ex·plo·sive·ly, adverb
- ex·plo·sive·ness, noun
- non·ex·plo·sive, adjective, noun
- non·ex·plo·sive·ly, adverb
- non·ex·plo·sive·ness, noun
- un·ex·plo·sive, adjective
- un·ex·plo·sive·ly, adverb
- un·ex·plo·sive·ness, noun
Words Nearby explosive
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How to use explosive in a sentence
Rage, Bob Woodward’s newest book, was already at the top of Amazon’s bestseller list days before Americans learned about its explosive contents.
Bob Woodward’s book proves Americans still want to read about Trump | Karen Ho | September 11, 2020 | QuartzThat’s according to an explosive new whistleblower complaint released by the Democrat-led House Intelligence Committee on Wednesday afternoon.
Netflix saw explosive subscriber growth in its first two quarters of this year, mainly attributed to the coronavirus pandemic.
Eyeing new subscribers, Netflix makes ‘Stranger Things,’ ‘Love Is Blind,’ and more available for free | Aric Jenkins | August 31, 2020 | FortuneWhen an idle shipment of dangerous explosives burst in Beirut, there were Carrds.
The internet of protest is being built on single-page websites | Tanya Basu | August 27, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewStill others have proposed that space became magnetized before all this, during cosmic inflation — the explosive expansion of space that purportedly jump-started the Big Bang itself.
The Hidden Magnetic Universe Begins to Come Into View | Natalie Wolchover | July 2, 2020 | Quanta Magazine
Some of the most explosive opportunities could be based around things that the Western world seems reluctant to adopt.
And it would let governors show leadership in explosive, highly-publicized cases.
As grown-ups without turbo-charged explosive arrows, we can only change the rules through politics.
A Shiite stronghold wrapped in a Sunni explosive belt—not exactly a picture of stability.
The Nuclear Deal That Iran’s Regime Fears Most | Djavad Khadem | November 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat incident was due to an “equipment” problem (a steel tube ruptured)—resulting in explosive vapors being released and ignited.
But he marred it all by a temper so ungovernable that in Paris there was current a byword, "explosive as Garnache."
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniWith an explosive hiss, gray jets of live steam erupted from pipes around the edge of the room.
Anything made of iron and containing high explosive and detonator will be welcome.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I | Ian HamiltonThe gasoline used also gave off a gas of highly explosive character and one very likely to escape from leaky tanks or joints.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousIt is often difficult in serious situations to take these explosive monosyllables seriously.
Frdric Mistral | Charles Alfred Downer
British Dictionary definitions for explosive
/ (ɪkˈspləʊsɪv) /
of, involving, or characterized by an explosion or explosions
capable of exploding or tending to explode
potentially violent or hazardous; dangerous: an explosive situation
phonetics another word for plosive
a substance that decomposes rapidly under certain conditions with the production of gases, which expand by the heat of the reaction. The energy released is used in firearms, blasting, and rocket propulsion
a plosive consonant; stop
Derived forms of explosive
- explosively, adverb
- explosiveness, noun
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