[ik-sploh-siv] 
| 1. | tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance. |
| 2. | pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence. |
| 3. | likely to lead to violence or hostility: an explosive issue. |
| 4. | Phonetics. plosive. |
| non·ex·plo·sive (nŏn'ĭk-splō'sĭv) adj. That will not explode: a nonexplosive fuel; nonexplosive gases. non'ex·plo'sive n. |
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