explosive

English

Etymology

From Latin explos-, stem of the perfect passive participle of explodō + the suffix -ive.

Adjective

explosive (comparative more explosive, superlative most explosive)

With the capability to, or likely to, explode.
Having the character of an explosion.
explosive fire
(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
Czech: výbušný m
Finnish: räjähtävä (fi), räjähdysherkkä
French: explosif (fr)
German: explosiv (de)
Hungarian: robbanékony (hu)
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)
Turkish: patlayıcı (tr)

having the character of an explosion

Bulgarian: взривен (vzriven)
Czech: výbušný
Finnish: räjähdysmäinen (fi)

Portuguese: explosivo (pt)
Turkish: patlayıcı (tr)

easily driven to anger

Bulgarian: избухлив (bg) (izbuhliv)
Czech: výbušný m
Finnish: räjähtävä (fi), äkkipikainen (fi)
German: aufbrausend, explosiv (de)
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)

Any explosive substance.

Translations

explosive substance

Bulgarian: експлозив m (eksploziv)
Catalan: explosiu m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 炸藥 (zh), 炸药 (zh) (zhàyào)
Czech: výbušnina f
Dutch: explosief (nl) n, springstof (nl) f, plofstof
Faroese: spreingievni n
Finnish: räjähde (fi), räjähdysaine (fi)
French: explosif (fr) m
German: Sprengstoff (de) m; Sprengmittel n
Italian: esplosivo (it) m

Japanese: 爆発物 (ばくはつぶつ, bakuhatsubutsu)
Malayalam: സ്ഫോടനവസ്തു (sphōṭanavastu)
Mongolian: тэсрэх бодис (tesreh 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
Tagalog: pampasabog
Vietnamese: chất nổ, thuốc nổ

French

Adjective

explosive

feminine singular of explosif

German

Adjective

explosive

inflected form of explosiv

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