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.
(..) That ain't no kind of answer. I mean, you know, I don't. How much? A lot or a little? You got to appreciate what an explosive element... this Bonnie situation is. JULES: I mean, if she comes home from a hard day's work... and finds a bunch of gangsters in her kitchen... (..)1994 Pulp Fiction