explosive
Adjective
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Serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst (synset 300476610)
"an explosive device"; "explosive gas"; "explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive temper"similar to: detonative - exploding almost instantaneously
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Liable to lead to sudden change or violence (synset 302300305)
"an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"similar to: unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmnesssame as: volatile
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Sudden and loud (synset 301147494)
"an explosive laugh"similar to: sudden - happening without warning or in a short space of time
Noun
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A chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck (synset 103309675)
is a type of: chemical, chemical substance - material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or moleculessubtypes:
- burster, bursting charge, charge, explosive charge - a quantity of explosive to be set off at one time
- explosive compound - a compound that is explosive
- explosive mixture - a mixture that is explosive
- impulse explosive, propellant explosive - an explosive that is used to propel projectiles from guns or to propel rockets and missiles or to launch torpedos and depth charges
- load, payload, warhead - the front part of a guided missile or rocket or torpedo that carries the nuclear or explosive charge or the chemical or biological agents
- azoimide, hn, hydrazoic acid, hydrogen azide - a colorless explosive liquid that is volatile and poisonous and foul-smelling
- high explosive - a powerful chemical explosive that produces gas at a very high rate
- low explosive - an explosive with a low rate of combustion
- gunpowder, powder - a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
- ballistite, smokeless powder - an explosive (trade name Ballistite) that burns with relatively little smoke; contains pyrocellulose and is used as a propellant
- nitramine, tetryl - a yellow crystalline explosive solid that is used in detonators
is a part of: explosive device - device that bursts with sudden violence from internal energy
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