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

  • (..) Tyler Durden. Did you know if you mix gasoline and frozen orange juice, you can make napalm? - No, I did not. Is that true? - That's right. One can make all kinds of explosives with simple household items. - Really? - If one was so inclined. Tyler, you are by far the most interesting (..)
    1999 Fight Club
  • (..) We have front-row seats for this theater of mass destruction. The Demolitions Committee of Project Mayhem wrapped the foundations of buildings with explosives. In two minutes, primary charges will blow base charges and a few blocks will be reduced to smouldering rubble. Two and a half. (..)
    1999 Fight Club