explosive
adjective/ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/, /ɪkˈspləʊzɪv/
/ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/, /ɪkˈspləʊzɪv/
Word Family
- explode verb
- explosion noun
- explosive adjective noun
- unexploded adjective
- easily able or likely to explode
- an explosive device (= a bomb)
- an explosive mixture of chemicals
- Hydrogen is highly explosive.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- highly
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- likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger or hate
- one of the most explosive issues of our time
- The political situation is potentially explosive.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- often having sudden violent or angry feelings
- an explosive temper
- increasing suddenly and rapidly
- the explosive growth of the export market
- (of a sound) sudden and loud
- There was an explosive crash and then everything fell silent.
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