- tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance.
- pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence.
- likely to lead to violence or hostility: an explosive issue.
- plosive.
- an explosive agent or substance, as dynamite.
- plosive.
- of, involving, or characterized by an explosion or explosions
- capable of exploding or tending to explode
- potentially violent or hazardous; dangerous
- phonetics another word for plosive
- a substance that decomposes rapidly under certain conditions with the production of gases, which expand by the heat of the reaction. The energy released is used in firearms, blasting, and rocket propulsion
- a plosive consonant; stop
