Definitions from Wiktionary (explosive)
▸ adjective: Able to, or likely to, explode.
▸ adjective: Having the character of an explosion.
▸ adjective: (cellular automata) Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
▸ adjective: (figurative) Rapidly accelerating.
▸ adjective: (figurative) Shocking; startling.
▸ adjective: (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
▸ adjective: (phonetics, archaic) Synonym of plosive
▸ noun: Any explosive substance.
▸ noun: (linguistics, dated) A plosive.
▸ Also see explosive
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high,
nuclear,
other,
plastic,
conventional,
powerful,
military,
commercial,
atomic,
permissible,
modern
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