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

  • (..) could have been much worse. The fire suppression system kicked in. It looks like arson. Someone planted an explosive device. This guy. Security is sweeping the room for fingerprints and DNA. Did he get any data? He took some of your (..)
    2018 Fifty Shades Freed