explosively

Variant of explosive

explosive definition

ex·plo·sive (ek splō′siv, ik-)

adjective

  1. of, causing, or having the nature of, an explosion
  2. tending to explode; esp., tending to burst forth noisily
  3. likely to explode, as in violence an explosive situation
  4. Phonet. plosive

noun

  1. a substance that can explode, as gunpowder
  2. Phonet. plosive

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