Explosive | Mean of explosive in English Dictionary

/ɪkˈsploʊsɪv/

• able to cause an explosion
1. a highly explosive substance
2. an explosive charge
3. explosive devices
• relating to an explosion or caused by an explosion
1. the bomb's explosive force
• tending to get angry very easily
1. an explosive personality
2. He has an explosive temper.

• likely to become violent very suddenly
1. The police are trying to defuse a very explosive [=volatile] situation.
• happening suddenly and quickly
1. The region has experienced explosive [=rapid] population growth.
• Noun
• a substance (such as dynamite) that is used to cause an explosion
1. the danger of working with high explosives [=very powerful explosives]