explosive

Definition

  • adjective: able to cause an explosion
  • adjective: relating to, characterized by, or operated by 'explosion'
  • synonyms: cordite, fulminant, dynamogen

Examples

  • The police are trying to defuse a very 'explosive' [='volatile'] situation.

  • the danger of working with 'high explosives' [=very powerful explosives]

  • The region has experienced 'explosive' [='rapid'] population growth.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) Nope. That's awesome. Oh. Hey, it's like the glowy thing. That glowy thing is an explosive Chitauri energy core. You mean, we've been carrying around a bomb? It would require radiation to transform it into an explosive state. No, no, no. (..)
    2017 Spider-Man: Homecoming