explosive

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Synonyms: expansive, exclusive, expletive, expensive, explosion, plosive, expulsive, implosive, exploitive, explosives, inexplosive

Antonyms: expansive, exclusive, expletive, expensive, explosion, plosive, expulsive, implosive, exploitive, explosives, inexplosive

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Adjective

1. {{senseid|en|able or likely to explode}} Able to, or likely to, [[explode]].
2. {{senseid|en|like an explosion, e.g., of a fast fire}} Having the character of an [[explosion]].
3. {{senseid|en|rapidly accelerating, e.g., of movements in exercise}} {{lb|en|figurative}} [[rapid|Rapidly]] accelerating.
4. {{senseid|en|shocking, startling}} {{lb|en|figurative}} [[shocking|Shocking]]; [[startling]].
5. {{senseid|en|easily angered}} {{lb|en|slang}} Easily driven to [[anger]], usually with reference to a [[person]].
6. {{senseid|en|plosive, in phonetics, archaically}} {{lb|en|phonetics|archaic}} {{syn of|en|plosive}}.

Noun

1. Any [[#Adjective|explosive]] [[substance]].
2. {{lb|en|linguistics|dated}} A [[plosive]].

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