explosive

adjective

Pronunciation: /ɛkˈspləʊsɪv/ / /ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/ / /ɛkˈsploʊsɪv/

Etymology: From Latin explōs-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explōdō + the suffix -ive.

Able to, or likely to, explode.
“an explosive device”
Having the character of an explosion.
“an explosive fire”
Having the character of an explosion.
“Notes: A rule set that (very probably) results in explosive growth; certainly in area if not population.”
“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.”
Rapidly accelerating.
“Near-synonym: plyometric”
“explosive movements”
Shocking; startling.
“an explosive accusation”
Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
“He has an explosive personality.”
Synonym of plosive.
“the explosive consonants”

Etymology: From Latin explōs-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explōdō + the suffix -ive.

Any explosive substance.
A plosive.
“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.”