explosive

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin explos-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explodō + the suffix -ive.

Pronunciation

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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.

Related terms

• explode

Translations

with the capability to, or likely to, explode

• Bulgarian: избухлив (bg) (izbuhliv)
• Catalan: explosiu (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 易爆 (yìbào)

• Czech: výbušný m
• Danish: eksplosiv, sprængfarlig
• Finnish: räjähtävä (fi), räjähdysherkkä
• French: explosif (fr)
• Galician: explosivo
• German: explosiv (de)
• Hungarian: robbanó (hu), robbanékony (hu), robbanásra hajlamos
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• Italian: esplosivo (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eksplosiv (no)

  Nynorsk: eksplosiv

• Polish: wybuchowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: explosivo (pt)
• Russian: взры́вчатый (ru) (vzrývčatyj), взрывно́й (ru) (vzryvnój)
• Slovene: eksploziven
• Spanish: explosivo (es)
• Swedish: explosiv (sv)
• Turkish: patlayıcı (tr)

having the character of an explosion

• Bulgarian: взривен (vzriven)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 爆炸的 (bàozhà de)

• Czech: výbušný
• Danish: eksplosiv, eksplosionsagtig
• Finnish: räjähdysmäinen (fi)
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• Galician: explosivo
• Portuguese: explosivo (pt)
• Spanish: explosivo (es)
• Swedish: explosiv (sv), explosionsartad (sv)
• Turkish: patlayıcı (tr)

shocking — see shocking

easily driven to anger

• Bulgarian: избухлив (bg) (izbuhliv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暴躁 (zh) (bàozào)

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

Noun

explosive (plural explosives)

1. Any explosive substance.

Translations

explosive substance

• Bulgarian: експлозив m (eksploziv)
• Catalan: explosiu (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 炸藥／炸药 (zh) (zhàyào), 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
• Faroese: spreingievni n
• Finnish: räjähde (fi), räjähdysaine (fi)
• French: explosif (fr) m
• Galician: explosivo m
• German: Sprengstoff (de) m; Sprengmittel n
• Hungarian: robbanószer (hu), robbanóanyag (hu)
• Italian: esplosivo (it) m
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• Japanese: 爆発物 (ばくはつぶつ, bakuhatsubutsu)
• Mongolian: тэсрэх бодис (tesrex bodis)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: eksplosiv (no) n, sprengstoff (no) n

  Nynorsk: eksplosiv n, sprengstoff n

• Portuguese: explosivo (pt) m
• Russian: взрывча́тка (ru) f (vzryvčátka), взры́вчатое вещество́ (ru) n (vzrývčatoje veščestvó)
• Slovak: výbušnina f
• Spanish: explosivo (es) m
• Swedish: sprängmedel (sv) n
• Tagalog: pampasabog
• Thai: วัตถุระเบิด (wát-tù-rá-bə̀ət)
• Vietnamese: chất nổ, thuốc nổ

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French

Adjective

explosive

1. feminine singular of explosif

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German

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