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Explosive
Pronunciation : Ex*plo"sive
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Cf. F. explosif.]
Definition : Defn: Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Ex*plo"sive
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
2. A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice.
Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, sq. root 155-7, 184.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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