'Explosive' definitions:
Definition of 'explosive'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst; "an explosive device"; "explosive gas"; "explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive temper" [ant: nonexplosive]
adjective
Liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation" [syn: explosive, volatile]
adjective
Sudden and loud; "an explosive laugh"
noun
A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
Definition of 'Explosive'
From: GCIDE
- Explosive \Ex*plo"sive\, a. [Cf. F. explosif.] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Explosive'
From: GCIDE
- Explosive \Ex*plo"sive\, n.
- 1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, TNT, dynamite, or nitro-glycerine. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- 2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice.
- Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, [root] 155-7, 184.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'explosive'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitable,
- alarming,
- allophone,
- alveolar,
- anxious,
- apico-alveolar,
- apico-dental,
- articulation,
- aspiration,
- assimilation,
- bad,
- Ballistite,
- banging,
- bilabial,
- blasting,
- bursting,
- cacuminal,
- cellulose nitrate,
- cerebral,
- chancy,
- check,
- combustible,
- consonant,
- continuant,
- cordite,
- cracking,
- crashing,
- critical,
- dangerous,
- dangersome,
- delicate,
- dental,
- detonating,
- dicey,
- diphthong,
- dissimilation,
- dynamite,
- edgy,
- emotional,
- emotionally unstable,
- epenthetic vowel,
- eruptive,
- excitable,
- explodable,
- exploding,
- explosible,
- fiery,
- flapping,
- fraught,
- fraught with danger,
- fulminating,
- gelignite,
- glide,
- glottal,
- glottalization,
- gunpowder,
- guttural,
- hasty,
- hazardous,
- high explosive,
- high-mettled,
- high-spirited,
- high-strung,
- highly emotional,
- hot,
- hot-tempered,
- hotheaded,
- iffy,
- inflammable,
- irascible,
- irritable,
- jeopardous,
- knocking,
- labial,
- labialization,
- labiodental,
- labiovelar,
- laryngeal,
- lateral,
- lingual,
- liquid,
- manner of articulation,
- melinite,
- menacing,
- mettlesome,
- modification,
- monophthong,
- morphophoneme,
- mute,
- nasal,
- nasty,
- nervous,
- nitrocotton,
- nitroglycerin,
- occlusive,
- palatal,
- parasitic vowel,
- parlous,
- passionate,
- peak,
- peppery,
- periculous,
- perilous,
- perturbable,
- pharyngeal,
- pharyngealization,
- phone,
- phoneme,
- plastic,
- plastic explosive,
- plosive,
- popping,
- powder,
- precarious,
- prickly,
- prothetic vowel,
- quick,
- quick-tempered,
- rapping,
- retroflex,
- segmental phoneme,
- semivowel,
- sensitive,
- serious,
- shaky,
- short-tempered,
- skittish,
- slapping,
- slatting,
- smokeless powder,
- sonant,
- sonority,
- speech sound,
- spunky,
- startlish,
- stop,
- surd,
- syllabic nucleus,
- syllabic peak,
- syllable,
- tapping,
- tense,
- threatening,
- TNT,
- touch-and-go,
- touchy,
- transition sound,
- trinitrotoluol,
- triphthong,
- ugly,
- uncertain,
- unpredictable,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- velar,
- villanous saltpetre,
- vocable,
- vocalic,
- vocoid,
- voice,
- voiced sound,
- voiceless sound,
- voicing,
- volatile,
- volcanic,
- vowel
Words containing 'Explosive'
- Explosion,
- Explosively,
- Favier explosive,
- atomic explosion,
- bursting explosive,
- disrupting explosive,
- explosive charge,
- explosive compound,
- explosive device,
- explosive mixture,
- explosive unit,
- high explosive,
- impulse explosive,
- low explosive,
- nuclear explosion,
- plastic explosive,
- propellant explosive,
- explosive detection system,
- explosive trace detection,
- improvised explosive device,
- fuel-air explosive