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explosiv (strong nominative masculine singular explosiver, comparative explosiver, superlative am explosivsten)

  1. explosive

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explosiv (comparative explosivare, superlative explosivast)

  1. explosive (literally or figuratively)

Usage notes edit

For explosive developments and the like, explosionsartad is often more idiomatic, unless the implication is "volatile" or the like.

Declension edit

Inflection of explosiv
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular explosiv explosivare explosivast
Neuter singular explosivt explosivare explosivast
Plural explosiva explosivare explosivast
Masculine plural3 explosive explosivare explosivast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 explosive explosivare explosivaste
All explosiva explosivare explosivaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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