Synonyms for explosive
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Eruptive
bursting, detonating, dangerous, convulsive, fulminating, atomic, fulminant, fiery, volcanic, flammable, inflammable, combustible. Antonyms
harmless*, burned out, quenched. Violent; said of persons or events
volatile, stormy, fiery, combustible, inflammable, excitable, touchy, unstable, charged, loaded, dangerous, perilous, volcanic, raging, hot-tempered, short-tempered, tense, sensitive, touch-and-go, critical; see also dangerous 1, excitable.Antonyms
gentle*, mild, uneventful.
noun
Common explosives include: dynamite, nitroglycerine, TNT, Trinitrotoluene, saltpeter, hexamine, hexamethylenetetramine, ballistite, gun cotton, nitrate compound, nitro cotton, cellulose nitrate, pyroxylin, melinite, gelignite, cordite, plastique, Semtex, lyddite, nitro*, peter*, soup*, vaseline*, grease*, powder*, sawdust*, bang juice*;
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