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Synonyms for explosive
ɪkˈsploʊ sɪvex·plo·sive

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  1. explosiveadjective

    a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck

    Antonyms:
    stable, nonexplosive, gradual

  2. explosiveadjective

    serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst

    "an explosive device"; "explosive gas"; "explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive temper"

    Synonyms:
    volatile

    Antonyms:
    nonexplosive, stable, gradual

  3. explosive, volatileadjective

    liable to lead to sudden change or violence

    "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"

    Synonyms:
    volatile, fickle

    Antonyms:
    nonexplosive, gradual, stable

  4. explosiveadjective

    sudden and loud

    "an explosive laugh"

    Synonyms:
    volatile

    Antonyms:
    gradual, stable, nonexplosive

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  1. dynamite

    a substance that can be made to explode

    the robber threw an explosive at the police and he ran away.

    Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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  1. explosivenoun

    Synonyms:
    dynamite, lyddite, nitro-glycerine, fuse, thorite, tonite, fulgurite

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  1. Staff Chairman Mark Milley:

    [My father] didn’t get a choice to resign,” Milley said. “Those kids there at Abbey Gate, they don’t get a choice to resign,” Milley said, referring to the 13 American service members who died during the evacuation from Kabul in late August when an ISIS-K suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest. “They can't resign so I'm not going to resign. There's no way.”

  2. The FBI:

    This investigation is of the highest priority for Federal Bureau of Investigation and involves more than 20 Federal Bureau of Investigation field offices across the country, although at this time no explosive devices have been found at any of the locations, The FBI takes all threats with the utmost seriousness and we are committed to thoroughly and aggressively investigating these threats.

  3. Yuji Tohda:

    Simply put, this is a collapse of the medical system, the highly infectious British variant and slipping alertness have led to this explosive growth in the number of patients.

  4. Michael Medler:

    To put it bluntly, the last century of fire policies have left our forests explosive.

  5. Ronan Farrow:

    I walked into the door at the New Yorker with an explosive reportable piece that should have been public earlier, and immediately the New Yorker recognized that, and it is not accurate to say that it was not reportable. In fact, there were multiple determinations that it was reportable at NBC.


Translations for explosive

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  • مادة متفجرةArabic
  • взривен, експлозив, избухливBulgarian
  • explosiuCatalan, Valencian
  • výbušný, výbušninaCzech
  • explosiv, Sprengstoff, aufbrausendGerman
  • explosivoSpanish
  • räjähtävä, räjähde, räjähdysmäinen, räjähdysherkkä, räjähdysaine, äkkipikainenFinnish
  • explosifFrench
  • irascibile, collerico, esplosivo, iracondoItalian
  • 爆発物Japanese
  • സ്ഫോടനവസ്തുMalayalam
  • explosief, springstof, plofstofDutch
  • wybuchowyPolish
  • взрывчатое вещество, взрывчатка, взрывной, вспыльчивый, взрывчатыйRussian
  • eksplozivenSlovene
  • patlayıcıTurkish

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