Synonym: volatile. Similar words: explosion, explode, explore, exploit, exploded, unexplored, exploration, exploitation. Meaning: [ɪk'spləʊsɪv] 
n. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck. adj. 1. serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst 2. liable to lead to sudden change or violence 3. sudden and loud.
n. a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck. adj. 1. serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst 2. liable to lead to sudden change or violence 3. sudden and loud. 
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31 The remains of an explosive device were found among the wreckage.
32 The explosive growth in casinos is one of the most conspicuous signs of Westernisation.
33 Dynamite is an explosive.
34 An explosive device detonated on the roof of the building.
35 The police said a good twenty kilos of explosive were found during the raid.
36 The last few years have seen an explosive increase in the number of homeless people on our streets.
37 There was an explosive crash and then everything fell silent.
38 The bomb was packed with several pounds of high explosive.
39 For the rest of the day, he worked on the assembly of an explosive device.
40 The situation in the poorer parts of some of America's major cities has become very explosive.
41 Their music is described as 'an explosive fusion of Latin American and modern jazz rhythms'.
42 A small explosive device was set off outside the UN headquarters today.
43 The car had been rigged with about 300 lbs of explosive.
44 Nobody knows what explosive arguments the future of Europe will bring.
45 Harris is a belligerent man with an explosive temper.
46 The paper's editors knew they had an explosive story.
47 Doyle's explosive shot starred the side window.
48 Thompson must have read the explosive Nixon transcripts wistfully.
49 Each contained fifteen megatons of high explosive.
50 Pretty soon that may be an explosive error.
51 Stage separation was achieved by a small explosive charge.
52 The wheel could have controlled an explosive device.
53 Semtex is not the only plastic explosive.
54 The volcanic eruption on Krakatoa had an explosive power equivalent to 20,000 tons of TNT.
55 The problem with such puddles(sentencedict.com/explosive.html), Rubberneck would suffer violent bellyaches and explosive diarrhoea.
56 They are tall and lean, with long arms and explosive quickness.
57 You must have predominantly fast-twitch, white fibres in your muscles to generate really fast, explosive action.
58 But the explosive charge was too large and the chapel was so badly damaged that it had to be pulled down.
59 Explosive breeders also show a further adaptation to male competition - the development of enlarged nuptial pads on their hands.
60 Inside he found what he took to be plastic explosive, wrapped in cellophane, with a wire protruding from it.
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