(a.) Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
(n.) An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
(n.) 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. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.]
Example Sentences:
(1) According to some reports as many as 30 people were killed in the explosion, although that figure could not be independently confirmed.
(2) Recognition of this deficiency in our knowledge spurred a belated explosion of research that began with an exploration of the fine structure of the mesothelium.
(3) Moments later, explosive charges blasted free two tungsten blocks, to shift the balance of the probe so it could fly itself to a prearranged landing spot .
(4) There were soon tales of claimants dying after having had money withdrawn, but the real administrative problem was the explosion of appeals, which very often succeeded because many medical problems were being routinely ignored at the earlier stage.
(5) But late last month, Amisom pushed them out of Afgoye, a strategic stronghold 30km from Mogadishu, where Amisom officials say the militants used to manufacture explosives used in attacks on the capital.
(6) When you have champions of financial rectitude such as the International Monetary Fund and OECD warning of the international risk of an "explosion of social unrest" and arguing for a new fiscal stimulus if growth continues to falter, it's hardly surprising that tensions in the cabinet over next month's spending review are spilling over.
(7) Gunfire and explosions rocked Bangkok following clashes between pro-government "red shirts" and protesters, leading to fears of further violence as Thais head to the polls.
(8) He explained that in Iraq , vehicles loaded with explosive devices only had their hazard warning lights on.” When Fitzsimons applied for a job in Iraq with the security firm Armour Group Security , owned by G4S, he didn’t tell his family.
(9) A month later there were explosions in High Wycombe and London's King's Road.
(10) Progress on treaties underpinning nuclear disarmament – which have too long been stalled – has also recently begun to look more hopeful, with renewed prospects for achieving the entry into force of the comprehensive test ban treaty and for starting negotiations on a treaty to ban the production of fissile material for nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive purposes.
(11) Technology assessment is becoming increasingly important in the area of critical care due both to the explosion of technology associated with this discipline and to the realization that future demand for these health care resources will undoubtedly exceed the ability to pay.
(12) Morphine was previously found to elicit an explosive excitatory behavior following its injection at a high dose in the rat periaqueductal gray (PAG).
(13) The World Health Organisation has convened an emergency committee to discuss the “explosive” spread of the Zika virus , with one of its scientists estimating there there could be 3m-4m Zika infections in the Americas over the next year.
(14) Certainly the affidavit against Ferdaus paints a compelling picture of a man hellbent on waging jihad in America and eager to take the guns and explosives eventually supplied to him by the undercover FBI agents.
(15) Thus the main population explosion – or to give it its proper name, the population implosion – is still to come.
(16) GMCs during the radiation schedule were associated with explosive diarrhea on seven occasions.
(17) The bigger question to pose is whether these reforms can possibly meet the challenge the NHS faces from an explosion in chronic diseases, such as diabetes .
(18) A massive explosion in a highly secure diplomatic area of Kabul has killed at least 90 people and wounded more than 461, Afghan officials have said.
(19) Unfortunately, this explosion is mild compared with the number of myths, falsehoods and downright lies which have accompanied these ideas.
(20) A car bomb and suspected suicide bomber have killed at least 15 people in two explosions at a restaurant in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, local police said.
Implosive
Definition:
(a.) Formed by implosion.
(n.) An implosive sound, an implodent.
Example Sentences:
(1) His message suggested a Grexit was now inevitable as he stressed the need for EU humanitarian programmes to forestall social implosion in Greece.
(2) Thus the main population explosion – or to give it its proper name, the population implosion – is still to come.
(3) While the Sala news was significant, it was overshadowed by the implosion of Raggi’s administration, in part because she holds the office with the highest profile in her party.
(4) Towards the end there's a sequence in which David Carr, the compellingly watchable media correspondent, is probing away at the circumstances behind the near-implosion of the Tribune company under its new owners, who seem to care little for the company's core journalistic traditions or mission.
(5) This paper presents the theoretical bases of the counterconditioning techniques of systematic desensitization and the extinction techniques of implosion therapy and flooding.
(6) If the workforce implosion includes the departure of senior managers, there is a loss of knowledge of history and previous learning and an inevitable hiatus in building a new organisational culture.
(7) The management of Abbey, Buxton said, had presided over the "implosion of the business, the need for an entirely new management team" and an offer from Santander that was lower than the two that were rejected.
(8) But pollsters, party operatives and confidantes agreed: the best set-up for a Biden moment would be a Clinton implosion – and it might be near.
(9) But after Walker’s campaign implosion showed that Super Pac money alone cannot compensate for a lack of buzz among supporters, Bush’s strategy may prove the ultimate test of whether the one-time establishment favourite can strong-arm himself back into the lead.
(10) On the face of it, the Hoosiers don't seem like victims of the music industry's implosion: the London-based band were given the full-on major label push in 2007, and sold a million records.
(11) Regardless, his 11-pitch at-bat against Clayton Kershaw in Game Six of the NLCS which set the stage for his implosion is now a moment of St Louis lore.
(12) We’ve always known there was a group of people within the Coalition who would have rather died with Tony Abbott than lived with Malcolm Turnbull, but it’s still startling to watch a political party indulging a public implosion when the stakes are so very high.
(13) Most experts attribute the revival to one factor above all: the adoption of multiple currencies, principally the US dollar, after the Zimbabwean dollar's implosion.
(14) 'It has no chance': Socialist party heading for implosion in French elections Read more The final-round battle between the two men will be a bruising encounter between two wings of the Socialist party, which has been bitterly divided throughout François Hollande’s troubled presidency.
(15) Somalia's implosion has not just threatened its own people: analysts say al-Shabaab poses a serious threat to the region.
(16) "A stalemate slanting towards the regime, or a situation that really resembles a rebel implosion.
(17) Despite cuts in educational budgets, increased student fees and the general implosion of the social fabric, the addiction persists.
(18) The immersion in water made a strong implosion visible which may result in considerable tissue damage in vivo.
(19) The new government was effectively imposed by Italy's octogenarian president Giorgio Napolitano , who was returned to an extraordinary second seven-year term in office by the implosion of the PD during the parliamentary presidential voting.
(20) Those conditions predate the current implosion in the euro group .