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.
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91 Gay marriage has emerged as an explosive social issue, with polls indicating that most voters strongly disapprove of it.
92 The second major new development is the explosive growth in money market mutual funds.
93 They were being held without bail on suspicion of conspiracy, possession of explosive devices and burglary.
94 The story is brought to explosive life by two performances that far transcend the usual star turn.
95 A small explosive device used in the booster-separation system failed to fire when Endeavour launched on 30 November last year.
96 Not the least of the positive influences is the explosive growth in the use of computers and information-processing technology.
97 It is being centred on the North- east, where the three explosive packages were posted.
98 His reaction to them was explosive, and on Monday morning Verity Lambert was hastily summoned to his office.
99 The dumps were generating explosive gases and leaching noxious chemicals that polluted underground water sources.
100 And, like her father, it slipped away in one explosive moment.
101 A similar approach has been applied to marine records of explosive eruptions in the Bay of Naples.
102 Just how the sperm triggers the explosive release of calcium in the egg is still something of a mystery.
103 The use, storage, and transportation of poisonous, explosive, or flammable substances have long been regulated.
104 But the prevailing wisdom in the industry is that the market is doubling each year as the Internet continues its explosive growth.
105 In the twentieth century alone, tens of megatons of explosive power have been liberated in the atmosphere by cosmic impacts.
106 Potentially explosive subtext -- Annie was sexually abused as a child -- is pretty much left in the background.
107 The idea was so successful in defusing the explosive situation that the meetings continued to be held at six-monthly intervals.
108 This is more than the total explosive energy of all the nuclear weapons on Earth.
109 By the 1870s sufficient of world agriculture was in the second position to make agrarian depression both world-wide and politically explosive.
110 Their explosive power is slightly less than that of an iron of the same size because they are less dense than iron.
111 So may explosive charges used to burst the warheads open.
112 Inside is a white brick of plastic explosive, which was kind of like putty.
113 He seizes eagerly on opportunities to put the ball away with explosive power.
114 She sensed a strained explosive atmosphere between them as they exchanged small talk.
115 Each plant handles a range of highly explosive, corrosive and toxic raw materials.
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116 The consultative document had an explosive effect when dropped among the profession.
117 His mood was an explosive mixture of maudlin self-pity and forced gaiety, the latter predominating as he got drunker.
118 The animal was attracted by the smell of the explosive and pawed at loose soil beneath a tree.
119 Underlying these organisational changes, and more important, was an explosive growth of the whole official information-controlling and opinion-forming effort.
120 She also works out on a special weight machine that lets her emulate the all-important explosive spurt.
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