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explosive
explosive is a 9-letter English word with 7 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder. Face value is 21 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 21 · Words With Friends 24 · 7 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
- 2noun
An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
- 3noun
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.]
- 4noun
a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
- 5adjective
serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
"an explosive device"
"explosive gas"
- 6adjective
sudden and loud
"an explosive laugh"
- 7adjective
liable to lead to sudden change or violence
"an explosive issue"
"a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"
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