Explosive

What do we mean by explosive?

Relating to or having the nature of an explosion. adjective

Tending to explode. adjective

A substance, especially a prepared chemical, that explodes or causes explosion. noun

A plosive. noun

Pertaining to or of the nature of explosion; tending or liable to explode, or to cause explosion: as, the explosive force of gunpowder; explosive mixture; explosive paroxysms of nerve-force.

In philology, involving in utterance the breach of a complete closure of the organs; not continuous; mute; forming a complete vocal stop: as, an explosive consonant. See II., 2.

Any substance by whose decomposition or combustion gas is generated with such rapidity that it can be used for blasting or in firearms. noun

In philology, a non-continuous or mute consonant, as k, t, p. Also explodent. noun

The principal classes of explosive substances are: gunpowder noun

Nitroglycerin and its compounds, the most important being dynamite noun

Gun-cotton and similar nitro-substitution compounds noun

Picric acid and the picrates noun

Fulminates noun

Sprengel safety-mixtures noun

Nitrate mixtures other than gunpowder, and chlorate mixtures. There are many varieties of each class. noun

An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, TNT, dynamite, or nitro-glycerine. noun

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. noun

Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion. adjective

Explosive substance. noun

With the capability to, or likely to, explode. adjective

Any explosive substance.

Words that are spelled similarly to explosive:
explosive, explosivo, explosiv, exclusive, expletive, expensive, explosion, expansive, plosive, expulsive, implosive, exploitive, explosives, explosible, inexplosive.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word explosive:
ied, incendiary, detonation, detonator, detonated, detonate, warhead, pyroclastic, ordnance, fuze, tnt, disposal, eruption, decompression, blasting, projectile, reactive, shrapnel, intensification, shells, ammonium, magma, fragmentation, nitrate, mixtures, bolts, propellant, device, gunpowder, munitions, devices, grenade, lava, muzzle, armour, dynamite, blast, volcanoes, explosion, improvised, fuse, volcanic, bomb, exploded, charges, volcano, armor, powder, ammunition, detection, lenses, gases, yield, demolition, velocity, charge, mixture, substances, rounds, shell, ash, weapon, shock, mines, filling, growth, substance, weapons, compound, compounds, oxygen, rocket, destroy, hydrogen, cannon, planted, sensitive, belt, smoke, nuclear, mine, liquid, offense, chemical, firing, plastic, gas, shaped, attacking, missile, gun, tanks, fired, guns, reaction, tank, materials, killing, flows, material.

Words that rhyme with explosive:
corrosive, erosive, plosive, nocive, bellicose of, cellulose of, close of, dolorosa of, dose of, formosa of, glucose of, grandiose of, gros of, gross of, los of, mucosa of, nervosa of, nitrocellulose of, overdose of, sosa of.

Adjectives that are often used to describe explosive:
high, new, nuclear, plastic, powerful, conventional, low, primary, liquid, military, dangerous, atomic, solid, particular, commercial, sensitive, non, standard, deadly, terrible, thermonuclear, secondary, made, oldest, slow, resultant, least, wonderful, stable, crude, inflammable, voiceless, efficient, tremendous, grade, highly.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective explosive:
growth, mixture, charge, force, device, situation, power, devices, charges, shells, mixtures, violence, issue, bombs, material, shell, eruptions, materials, nature, energy, gas, reaction, gases, effect, increase, substances, bullets, potential, limit, temper, substance, atmosphere, sound, activity, development, eruption, disorder, character, issues, expansion, compounds, limits, forces, compound, outbursts, action, situations, properties, bomb, release, type, events, behavior, rate, decompression, sounds, anger, reactions, bullet, range, volcanism, combination, atmospheres, powder, strength, yield, phase, impact, decomposition, diarrhea, quality, rounds, warhead, projectiles, event, welding, rage, possibilities, mix, bolts, rise, movements, laughter, onset, noise, consequences, element, burst, outbreaks.

Words that sound like explosive:
explosive, explosives, explosiv, expensive, expressive, expansive, exploitive, expulsive, high explosive, explicit, explicite, exclusive, exploding, excessive, exposing, expletive, explosively, implosive, explizit, explosivo, explode, exploded, exploring, explaining, expressing, expresso, exposes, exploiting, explo, explosiveness, exposit, expensing, occlusive.