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explosively
Variant of explosive
explosive
definition
ex·plo·sive (ek splō′siv, ik-)
adjective
- of, causing, or having the nature of, an explosion
- tending to explode; esp., tending to burst forth noisily
- likely to explode, as in violence an explosive situation
- Phonet. plosive
noun
- a substance that can explode, as gunpowder
- Phonet. plosive
Related Forms:
- explosively ex·plo′·sively adverb
- explosiveness ex·plo′·sive·ness noun
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