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

  • (..) that the suspected bomber is Wallace Vernon Keefe Now these sources also say... Clarke, it's me again. Can you... gotten explosive device into the hearing by concealing them inside his wheelchair. As for Superman, he was in the room, but obviously failed to stop him. (..)
    2016 Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice