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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181 The amount of explosive hidden in the radio cassette player which destroyed the aircraft was not detectable by any X-ray equipment.
182 We waited for two minutes before the combined strength of thirty-five pounds of EP-12 plastic explosive tore the car apart.
183 Billy Butlin became the most successful entrepreneur in this explosive growth.
184 Figure 1 a shows the altitude profile of energy release in units of Mton high explosive equivalent per kilometre.
185 There was a professionalism and explosive expertise about the operation totally alien to the loyalist slap-dash(sentence dictionary), amateur bombers.
186 The tower was attached with bolts that contained small explosive charges.
187 She was unpredictable, explosive, impulsive and easily distracted.
188 Highly explosive gas is naturally found in coal mines.
189 Notice: the second stage to boycott of napoleon! Action explosive!
190 Another drawback is that nitrobenzene is both poisonous and explosive.
191 Her ears were echoing back the explosive sounds in decibels of pain.
192 The strategy was too dangerous in the explosive circumstances of the times.
193 They dealt with their dilemmas by mixing perhaps unintentionally an explosive brew.
194 New guns firing high explosive shells were incorporated into the battlefield.
195 For demolition work , a safe but fluid or fluent explosive of good sensitivity may be needed.
More similar words: explosion, explode, explore, exploit, exploded, unexplored, exploration, exploitation, expensive, expansively, explain, explicit, explanation, inexplicable, positive, positively, massive, passive, inclusive, decisive, offensive, pervasive, derisive, effusive, obtrusive, excessive, defensive, persuasive, intrusive, recessive.