explosive
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin explōs-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explōdō + the suffix -ive.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ɛkˈspləʊsɪv/, /ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Adjective edit
explosive (comparative more explosive, superlative most explosive)
- With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
- an explosive device
- Having the character of an explosion.
- an explosive fire
- (cellular automata) Of a specific cellular automaton rule, tending to exhibit infinite and unpredictable growth when starting from finite random patterns.
- 1994 April 4, Robert Andreen, “CA rules”, in comp.theory.cell-automata[2] (Usenet):
- For example, putting a 1 at (0: 1,1) will cause explosive growth in all directions, putting a 1 at (0: 0,2A) will cause pairs of diagonal cells in a 2x2 square to alternate on and off, putting a 1 at (1: 4,4) will cause all solid 1 areas to stay 1 for another cycle, etc.
- 2003 May 12, Ilmari Karonen, “Gliders in 4-neighbor semitotalistic 2D cellular automata”, in comp.theory.cell-automata[3] (Usenet):
- If the rule is further chosen so that active cells can (and must) expand on an inactive background but inactive cells can't do so on an active background (or vice versa), then non-explosive growth becomes possible.
- (figurative) Shocking; startling.
- an explosive accusation
- (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
- He has an explosive personality.
- (phonetics, archaic) Synonym of plosive
- the explosive consonants
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with the capability to, or likely to, explode
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having the character of an explosion
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shocking — see shocking
easily driven to anger
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Noun edit
explosive (plural explosives)
- Any explosive substance.
- (linguistics, dated) A plosive.
- 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Grove Press, published 1959, →OCLC:
- The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance. The open a sound was predominant, and the explosives k and g.
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explosive substance
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Audio: (file)
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explosive
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Audio: (file)
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explosive
- inflection of explosiv:
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explosive
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