explosive

Meaning of explosive

noun

Any explosive substance.

adjective
  1. With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
    an explosive device
  2. Having the character of an explosion.
    an explosive fire
  3. Shocking; startling.
    an explosive accusation
  4. Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
    He has an explosive personality.

Information about explosive

Hyphenation of explosive

ex-plo-sive

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • explosive is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

explosive synonyms

Meaning volatile:

volatile

Translation of explosive

Words that rhyme with explosive

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