Antonyms for explosive
ɪkˈsploʊ sɪvex·plo·sive

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1. explosiveadjective

   a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck

   Antonyms:
   stable, nonexplosive, gradual

2. explosiveadjective

   serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst

   "an explosive device"; "explosive gas"; "explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive temper"

   Antonyms:
   nonexplosive, stable, gradual

   Synonyms:
   volatile

3. explosive, volatileadjective

   liable to lead to sudden change or violence

   "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"

   Antonyms:
   nonexplosive, gradual, stable

   Synonyms:
   volatile, fickle

4. explosiveadjective

   sudden and loud

   "an explosive laugh"

   Antonyms:
   gradual, stable, nonexplosive

   Synonyms:
   volatile

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1. explosivenoun

   Synonyms:
   dynamite, lyddite, nitro-glycerine, fuse, thorite, tonite, fulgurite

How to use explosive in a sentence?

1. Yuji Tohda:

   Simply put, this is a collapse of the medical system, the highly infectious British variant and slipping alertness have led to this explosive growth in the number of patients.

2. Sagir Badaru:

   The car threw another explosive in the midst of grocers outside the main bus station some hundreds of meters away, killing 12 people and wounding many.

3. Valentin Galardi:

   We are at the precursor of an explosive development in the industry. In the short term it would be risky to predict growth, but the numbers may be surprising given measures that could unblock current regulations, we have as a short-term goal that the design for an appropriate law gets finished, so mutual funds have the space they need to grow in Argentina, including the appearance of new assets to invest in.

4. Leonard Rubenstein:

   There were two children, I believe, who were killed and two others and six injured because of the explosive force of the bomb, the law is very simple and clear and goes back 150 years that it's illegal to attack a hospital, a patient, medical staff.

5. Christina Johns:

   We are starting to see a slow and steady trickle of an increase of cases. And why is that ? Well, because this is the time of year when we typically start to see influenza begin to circulate, but why aren't we seeing the explosive uptick ? One reason is that school-aged children are still largely masked in many school districts, and so I think that that helps to keep numbers down. The overall layered protective measures that are still in place in many areas are effective for both Covid as well as influenza.

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