Synonyms 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"

   Synonyms:
   volatile

   Antonyms:
   nonexplosive, stable, gradual

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"

   Synonyms:
   volatile, fickle

   Antonyms:
   nonexplosive, gradual, stable

4. explosiveadjective

   sudden and loud

   "an explosive laugh"

   Synonyms:
   volatile

   Antonyms:
   gradual, stable, nonexplosive

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1. dynamite

   a substance that can be made to explode

   the robber threw an explosive at the police and he ran away.

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. explosivenoun

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

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1. List of paraphrases for "explosive":

   explosives, volatile, remnants, ordnance, explosion, plastique, booby, bombings, pyrotechnic, bomb, combustible, eruptive

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How to use explosive in a sentence?

1. 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.

2. Scott Bowman:

   I think the students have the right to hear what he has to say, on the other hand, it could be explosive in the current environment. Nothing he says is hate speech in my view but his critiques of the Left’s obsession with micro-aggressions and various tactics of groups (e.g., Black Lives Matter) would be labeled racist by them, which is his point, by the way.

3. De Haan:

   Looking out on the horizon, I really don't see an organized drop in prices, the market is starting to feel explosive. The fundamentals are there for that to continue.

4. New Jersey:

   He’s got himself in a nice little run. Really, really skating well, jack Hughes just continues to grow. There’s plays inside the game that really only Jack Hughes can make. Some of the stuff that he does, is because he’s so explosive.

5. Szymon Kozniewski:

   There was and is a suspicion of an explosive. The plane landed safely and no-one was injured. The plane is being checked by bomb disposal experts.