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US
/ɪksˈpɫoʊsɪv/
]
[ UK /ɛksplˈəʊsɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɛksplˈəʊsɪv/ ]
NOUN
- a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
ADJECTIVE
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sudden and loud
an explosive laugh -
liable to lead to sudden change or violence
an explosive issue
a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation -
serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
an explosive temper
an explosive device
explosive violence
explosive gas
explosive force
How To Use explosive In A Sentence
- At the head, they may have some explosives which are triggered by a crude fuze consisting of a bullet. Israeli TV airs call to father after children killed « Antiwar.com Blog
- The waste from a defunct reactor is full of plutonium, a highly toxic metal used as the explosive in atomic bombs.
- He also outlined plans to use more sniffer dogs to detect explosives. The Sun
- (If you are willing to postulate a matter-antimatter explosive, aka a positronium bomb, then P can increase by the maximal amount from 0 to e/3.) Dark Matter: Still Existing
- Targeting pod-equipped aircraft can make pre-raid surveillance videos, check for improvised explosive devices (IEDs), track targets such as gunmen or vehicles, and send information to ground units.
- He had twice been riding in an armoured vehicle that struck an improvised explosive device, and was injured once in friendly fire. Times, Sunday Times
- One hundred people were evacuated from a village near York today after a storage tank leaked, releasing an explosive cloud of propane gas.
- The enemy rained down explosives and incendiary bombs and then dumped barrels of oil onto the flames.
- In what was said to be a signed confession he admitted carrying the rucksack containing explosives but insisted he never intended to kill anyone.
- The fulgurator was a sort of auto-propulsive engine, of peculiar construction, charged with an explosive composed of new substances and which only produced its effect under the action of a deflagrator that was also new. Facing the Flag