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explosive adjective [ ɪkˈspləʊsɪv ]

• able or likely to shatter violently or burst apart.
• "an explosive device"
Similar: volatile, inflammable, flammable, combustible, incendiary, eruptive, unstable,
• likely to cause an outburst of anger or controversy.
• "Marco's explosive temper"
Similar: fiery, stormy, violent, volatile, volcanic, angry, fierce, impassioned, passionate, intense, vehement, tempestuous, turbulent, touchy, irritable, irascible, hot-headed, short-tempered, quick-tempered, tense, charged, highly charged, overwrought, critical, serious, dangerous, perilous, hazardous, knife-edge, touch-and-go, sensitive, delicate, unstable, inflammable, ugly, nasty, iffy, dicey,
• (of an increase) sudden and dramatic.
• "the explosive growth of personal computers in the 1980s"
Similar: sudden, dramatic, rapid, abrupt, meteoric, mushrooming, snowballing, escalating, rocketing, accelerating,

explosive noun

• a substance which can be made to explode, especially any of those used in bombs or shells.
• "stocks of explosives"
Similar: bomb, incendiary device, incendiary, device,


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