explosive

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛkˈspləʊsɪv/, /ɪkˈspləʊsɪv/

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Adjective

explosive (comparative more explosive, superlative most explosive)

1. With the capability to, or likely to, explode.

   an explosive device

2. Having the character of an explosion.

   an explosive fire

3. (figurative) Shocking; startling.

   an explosive accusation

4. (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.

   He has an explosive personality.

Derived terms

• explosive belt
• explosive bolt
• explosive cyclogenesis
• explosive decompression
• explosive gelatin
• explosive lens
• explosive sadism
• improvised explosive device
• intermittent explosive disorder

 

Related terms

• explode

Translations

with the capability to, or likely to, explode

• Arabic: اِنْفِجَارِيّ‎ (infijāriyy), مُتَفَجِّر‎ (mutafajjir)
• Armenian: պայթուցիկ (hy) (paytʿucʿik)
• Belarusian: выбухо́вы (vybuxóvy)
• Bulgarian: избухли́в (bg) (izbuhlív), взри́вен (vzríven)
• Catalan: explosiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易爆 (zh) (yìbào)

• Czech: výbušný, explozivní
• Danish: eksplosiv, sprængfarlig
• 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)

having the character of an explosion

• Bulgarian: взри́вен (vzríven)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爆炸的 (zh) (bàozhà de)

• Czech: výbušný
• Danish: eksplosiv, eksplosionsagtig
• Finnish: räjähdysmäinen (fi)
• Galician: explosivo
• Greek: εκρηκτικός (el) (ekriktikós)
• Portuguese: explosivo (pt)
• Russian: взрывно́й (ru) (vzryvnój)
• Spanish: explosivo (es)
• Swedish: explosiv (sv), explosionsartad (sv)
• Turkish: patlayıcı (tr)

shocking — see shocking

easily driven to anger

• Bulgarian: избухли́в (bg) (izbuhlív)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴躁 (zh) (bàozào)

• Czech: výbušný
• Danish: heftig, opfarende
• Finnish: räjähtävä (fi), äkkipikainen (fi)
• German: aufbrausend (de), explosiv (de)
• Hungarian: robbanékony (hu)
• Italian: irascibile (it), collerico (it), iracondo (it)
• Polish: wybuchowy (pl)
• Portuguese: explosivo (pt)
• Russian: вспы́льчивый (ru) (vspýlʹčivyj)
• Turkish: fevri (tr)

Noun

explosive (plural explosives)

1. Any explosive substance.
2. (linguistics, dated) A plosive.
   • 1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, Olympia Press:

     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

• contact explosive
• Favier explosive
• high explosive
• low explosive
• plastic explosive
• primary explosive
• secondary explosive
• sila-explosive
• Sprengel explosive
• tertiary explosive

 

Translations

explosive substance

• Arabic: مُتَفَجِّرَة‎ f (mutafajjira), مَادَّة مُتَفَجِّرَة‎ f (mādda mutafajjira)
• Armenian: պայթուցիկ նյութ (paytʿucʿik nyutʿ)
• 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)
• 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

French

Pronunciation

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Adjective

explosive

1. feminine singular of explosif

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

explosive

1. inflection of explosiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular