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Webster 1913 Edition
Explosive
Ex-plo′sive
,Adj.
[Cf. F.
explosif
.] Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion;
as, the
. explosive
force of gunpowder2.
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. [See Guide to Pronunciation, √ 155-7, 184.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Explosive
EXPLO'SIVE
,Adj.
Definition 2024
explosive
explosive
English
Noun
explosive (plural explosives)
- Explosive substance.
Translations
explosive substance
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Adjective
explosive (comparative more explosive, superlative most explosive)
- With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
- Having the character of an explosion.
- explosive fire
- (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
- He has an explosive personality.
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Translations
with the capability to, or likely to, explode
having the character of an explosion
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easily driven to anger
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