explosive
US: /ɪksˈpɫoʊsɪv/
UK: /ɛksplˈəʊsɪv/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
explosive /iks'plousiv/- tính từ
- nổ; gây nổ, dễ nổ, dễ bùng nổ ((nghĩa đen) & (nghĩa bóng))
- (ngôn ngữ học) bốc hơi
- danh từ
- chất nổ
- atomic explosive: chất nổ nguyên tử
- high explosive: chất nổ có sức công phá mạnh
- (ngôn ngữ học) âm bật hơi
- chất nổ
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun+ adjective
1 easily able or likely to explode: an explosive device (= a bomb) + an explosive mixture of chemicals + Hydrogen is highly explosive.
2 likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger or hatred: a potentially explosive situation + one of the most explosive issues of our time
3 often having sudden violent or angry feelings: an explosive temper
4 increasing suddenly and rapidly: the explosive growth of the export market
5 (of a sound) sudden and loud: There was an explosive crash and then everything fell silent.
explosively adverb: The company has grown explosively over the last two years.
+ noun [C, U] a substance that is able or likely to cause an explosion: nuclear / plastic explosives + The bomb was packed with several pounds of high explosive.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 volatile, sensitive, delicate, tense, anxious, fraught, touch-and-go, touchy, inflammable, (highly) charged, unstable, uncertain, unsound, shaky, hazardous, chancy, unpredictable, precarious, dangerous, perilous, critical, nasty, ugly, Colloq dicey, iffy:
The explosive situation between the strikers and management may lead to bloodshed.
n.
2 dynamite, TNT, gunpowder, gelignite, plastic, plastique:
The car was blown up by a powerful charge of explosive.
Collocation
ADJ.
high
a bomb containing 200 lb of high explosive
| commercial, home-made | chemical, conventional, plastic, semtex
VERB + EXPLOSIVE
make, manufacture | plant
They planted explosives in the tunnel.
| detonate, set off
EXPLOSIVE + NOUN
explosives expert
1 capable of exploding
VERBS
be
ADV.
highly
a highly explosive mixture of gases
2 causing strong feelings
VERBS
be | become
ADV.
highly
Race is a highly explosive issue.
| potentially
The political situation is potentially explosive.
Concise dictionary
explosivesɪk'spləʊsɪvnoun
+a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck
adj.
+serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst
+liable to lead to sudden change or violence
+sudden and loud
