explosive
Use Explosive in a sentence
sɪv adjective
1.
tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
3.
likely to lead to violence or hostility: an explosive issue.
4.
Phonetics, plosive.
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| the audible result of phonation and resonance |
| any one of a variety of ingressive, usually implosive, speech sounds produced by suction occlusion and plosive or affricative release |
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explosive (ɪkˈspləʊsɪv) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, involving, or characterized by an explosion or explosions |
| 2. | capable of exploding or tending to explode |
| 3. | potentially violent or hazardous; dangerous: an explosive situation |
| 4. | phonetics another word for plosive |
| —n | |
| 5. | 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 |
| 6. | a plosive consonant; stop |
| ex'plosively | |
| —adv | |
| ex'plosiveness | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
It is extremely important to know the difference between a legal consumer firework and a dangerous explosive device.
Instead of being filled with explosive carcinogenic gasoline it will be filled with electrons and metals that can be recycled.
Waiting until crisis forced one's hand and making it all the more expensive and potentially explosive.
There are several reasons for this explosive growth.
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