English Explanatory Dictionary

explosive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Able to, or likely to, explode.
  2. Having the character of an explosion.
  3. Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
  4. Rapidly accelerating.
  5. Shocking; startling.
  6. Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
  7. Synonym of plosive.
noun
  1. Any explosive substance.
  2. A plosive.

Pronunciation

/ɛkˈspləʊsɪv/ /ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/ /ɛkˈsploʊsɪv/ /ɪkˈsploʊsɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-explosive.wav /ekˈspləʉsɪv/ /ekˈsplɐʉsɪv/ /ɪkˈspləʉsɪv/ /ɪkˈsplɐʉsɪv/ En-au-explosive.ogg

Word forms

explosive more explosive most explosive explosives

Etymology

From Latin explōs-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explōdō + the suffix -ive.

Synonyms

plyometric plosive

Antonyms

implosive inert nonflammable

Related words

explode

Derived words

autoexplosive cryptoexplosive electroexplosive explosive belt explosive bolt explosive cyclogenesis explosive decompression explosive gelatin explosive lens explosively explosiveness explosive sadism improvised explosive device inexplosive intermittent explosive disorder microexplosive nonexplosive superexplosive superexplosively unexplosive contact explosive Favier explosive high explosive low explosive plastic explosive primary explosive secondary explosive sila-explosive Sprengel explosive tertiary explosive

Translations

Bulgarian: взри́вен Chinese Mandarin: 爆炸的 Czech: výbušný Danish: eksplosiv Danish: eksplosionsagtig Finnish: räjähdysmäinen Galician: explosivo Greek: εκρηκτικός Portuguese: explosivo Russian: взрывно́й Spanish: explosivo Swedish: explosiv Swedish: explosionsartad Turkish: patlayıcı Welsh: ffrwydrol
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