explosive
Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspləʊsɪv/
The English word “explosive” has 9 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Able to, or likely to, explode.
- Having the character of an explosion.
- Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
- Rapidly accelerating.
- Shocking; startling.
- Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
- Synonym of plosive.
noun
Etymology
From Latin explōs-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explōdō + the suffix -ive.
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