Definition of Explasive
Ex*plo"sive (?), a. [Cf. F.
explosif.] Driving or bursting out with violence and
noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of
gunpowder.
Ex*plo"sive, n. 1.
An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid
chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
2. 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.]
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- with the capability to, or likely to, explode
- (slang) easily driven to anger, usu. with reference to a person (e.g. He has an explosive personality.)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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