Definition of Explosive

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Explosive

Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.

An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.

A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, � 155-7, 184.]

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Explosive Quotations

I think it's funny to be delicate with subjects that are explosive.
Jerry Seinfeld

Palestine is the cement that holds the Arab world together, or it is the explosive that blows it apart.
Yasser Arafat

The main prank that we play with props is for people's birthdays. The special effects people will put a little explosive in the cake so it blows up in their face - that's always fun to play on a guest star, or one of the trainees or someone who's new.
Catherine Bell

I think music in itself is healing. It's an explosive expression of humanity. It's something we are all touched by. No matter what culture we're from, everyone loves music.
Billy Joel

I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
Victoria Abril

I happened to happened to land in a time, in the middle '60s, that without knowing it, and without being told by the history of theater - which we now see from a historical point of view was an explosive time.
James Earl Jones

Art history is less explosive than the rest of history, so it sinks faster into the pulverized regions of time.
Robert Smithson

A book is the only place in which you can examine a fragile thought without breaking it, or explore an explosive idea without fear it will go off in your face. It is one of the few havens remaining where a man's mind can get both provocation and privacy.
Edward P. Morgan

The anger that Uncle Junior has comes from my background. My father was the son of an Italian immigrant, and I've seen the fire of the Italian temperament. It can be explosive sometimes in ways that are both funny and tragic.
Dominic Chianese

I think nowadays economic liberties are an explosive issue.
Emma Bonino

Explosive Translations

explosive in German is brisant
explosive in Norwegian is sprengstoff, eksplosiv
explosive in Spanish is explosivo
explosive in Swedish is explosiv

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