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English
Etymology
From Latin explōs-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explōdō + the suffix -ive.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛkˈspləʊsɪv/, /ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/
Adjective
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.
1992 June 2, Dave Boll, “Variations on Conway's LIFE”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet):Notes: A rule set that (very probably) results in explosive growth; certainly in area if not population.
1994 April 4, Robert Andreen, “CA rules”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (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 (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
Derived terms
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Translations
with the capability to, or likely to, explode
- Arabic: اِنْفِجَارِيّ (infijāriyy), مُتَفَجِّر (mutafajjir)
- Armenian: պայթուցիկ (hy) (paytʻucʻik)
- Belarusian: выбухо́вы (vybuxóvy)
- Bulgarian: избухли́в (bg) (izbuhlív), взри́вен (vzríven)
- Catalan: explosiu (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 易爆 (zh) (yìbào)
- Czech: výbušný, explozivní
- Danish: eksplosiv, sprængfarlig (da)
- Dutch: explosief (nl)
- Esperanto: eksploda
- Estonian: plahvatusohtlik
- Finnish: räjähtävä (fi), räjähdysherkkä
- French: explosif (fr)
- Galician: explosivo
- Georgian: ფეთქებადი (petkebadi)
- German: explosiv (de)
- Greek: εκρηκτικός (el) (ekriktikós)
- Hindi: विस्फोटक (hi) (visphoṭak)
- Hungarian: robbanó (hu), robbanékony (hu), robbanásra hajlamos
- Italian: esplosivo (it)
- Latvian: eksplozīvs, sprāgstošs
- Lithuanian: sprogstamasis
- Macedonian: експлози́вен (eksplozíven)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: eksplosiv (no)
- Nynorsk: eksplosiv
- Piedmontese: esplosiv
- Polish: wybuchowy (pl)
- Portuguese: explosivo (pt)
- Romanian: exploziv (ro)
- Russian: взры́вчатый (ru) (vzrývčatyj), взрывно́й (ru) (vzryvnój)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: е̏ксплозӣван
- Roman: ȅksplozīvan (sh)
- Slovak: výbušný, explozívny
- Slovene: eksploziven
- Spanish: explosivo (es)
- Swedish: explosiv (sv)
- Turkish: patlayıcı (tr)
- Ukrainian: вибухо́вий (vybuxóvyj)
- Yiddish: אויפֿרײַסיק (oyfraysik)
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having the character of an explosion
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
explosive substance
- Arabic: مُتَفَجِّرَة f (mutafajjira), مَادَّة مُتَفَجِّرَة f (mādda mutafajjira)
- Armenian: պայթուցիկ նյութ (paytʻucʻik nyutʻ)
- Belarusian: выбухо́вае рэ́чыва n (vybuxóvaje réčyva), выбухо́ўка f (vybuxóŭka), узрыўча́тка f (uzryŭčátka)
- Bulgarian: експлози́в m (eksplozív), взри́вно вещество́ n (vzrívno veštestvó)
- Catalan: explosiu (ca) m
- Cherokee: ᎠᏔᏍᎩᏍᎩ (atasgisgi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 炸藥/炸药 (zh) (zhàyào), 爆炸物 (zh) (bàozhàwù)
- Czech: výbušnina f
- Danish: sprængstof n, eksplosiv n
- Dutch: explosief (nl) n, springstof (nl) f, plofstof
- Estonian: lõhkeaine
- Faroese: spreingievni n
- Finnish: räjähde (fi), räjähdysaine (fi)
- French: explosif (fr) m
- Galician: explosivo m
- Georgian: ფეთქებადი ნივთიერება (petkebadi nivtiereba)
- German: Sprengstoff (de) m; Sprengmittel n
- Hindi: विस्फोटक (hi) m (visphoṭak)
- Hungarian: robbanószer (hu), robbanóanyag (hu)
- Italian: esplosivo (it) m
- Japanese: 爆発物 (ばくはつぶつ, bakuhatsubutsu)
- Korean: 폭발물(爆發物) (ko) (pokbalmul)
- Lao: ວັດຖຸລະເບີດ (wat thu la bœ̄t)
- Latin: please add this translation if you can
- Latvian: sprāgstviela f
- Lithuanian: sprogmuo m, sprogstamoji medžiaga f
- Macedonian: експлози́в m (eksplozív)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: тэсрэх бодис (tesrex bodis)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: eksplosiv (no) n, sprengstoff (no) n
- Nynorsk: eksplosiv n, sprengstoff n
- Persian: مادهٔ منفجره (fa) (mâdde-ye monfajere)
- Piedmontese: esplosiv
- Plautdietsch: Sprenjstoff n
- Polish: materiał wybuchowy (pl) m
- Portuguese: explosivo (pt) m
- Romanian: exploziv (ro) n
- Russian: взры́вчатое вещество́ (ru) n (vzrývčatoje veščestvó), взрывча́тка (ru) f (vzryvčátka)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: експло̀зӣв m
- Roman: eksplòzīv (sh) m
- Slovak: výbušnina f, výbušné zariadenie n
- Slovene: eksploziv m, razstrelivo n, eksplozivna snov f
- Spanish: explosivo (es) m
- Swedish: sprängmedel (sv) n, sprängämne (sv) n
- Tagalog: pampasabog
- Thai: วัตถุระเบิด (wát-tù-rá-bə̀ət)
- Turkish: patlayıcı madde (tr)
- Ukrainian: вибухо́ва речовина́ f (vybuxóva rečovyná), вибухі́вка f (vybuxívka)
- Vietnamese: chất nổ (vi), thuốc nổ
- Welsh: please add this translation if you can
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French
Pronunciation
Adjective
explosive
- feminine singular of explosif
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
explosive
- inflection of explosiv:
- strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative/accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine/neuter singular
Swedish
Adjective
explosive
- definite natural masculine singular of explosiv