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adjectiveliable to lead to sudden change or violence
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nouna chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or strucktype of:part of:
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adjectiveserving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
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adjectivesudden and loud
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Examples of explosive
- "an explosive issue"
- "an explosive device"
- "explosive gas"
- "explosive force"
- "explosive violence"
- "an explosive temper"
- "an explosive laugh"