EXPLOSIVE
\ɛksplˈə͡ʊsɪv], \ɛksplˈəʊsɪv], \ɛ_k_s_p_l_ˈəʊ_s_ɪ_v]\
Definitions of EXPLOSIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
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tending or serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst; "an explosive device"; "explosive gas"; "explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive temper"
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sudden and loud; "an explosive laugh"
By Princeton University
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a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
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tending or serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst; "an explosive device"; "explosive gas"; "explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive temper"
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sudden and loud; "an explosive laugh"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
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An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
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A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.]
By Oddity Software
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Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
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An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
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A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.]
By Noah Webster.
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Likely to burst forth loudly and violently, or to cause to do so.
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Any substance that causes a loud and violent bursting forth.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
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