Explosive synonyms and antonyms
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Any of various explosive powders used to propel projectiles from guns, especially a black mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur.
Responsive to external conditions or stimulation; having sensation:
Tending to violence; explosive:
(Chiefly medicine) Appearing quickly and with destructive effects.
(Slang) Under the influence of liquor or drugs
(Of an erection) Extremely aroused, rock hard, long lasting, insatiable
The definition of inflammable is something that catches fire easily, or a person or thing that gets excited easily.
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(Medicine) Describing any sudden and severe (often fatal) inflammation
Easily aroused; excitable; fiery
A metal or cardboard case containing the charge and primer for a piece of firearms ammunition, especially one also containing shot and fired from a shotgun.
(Often followed by "to go to...") Urgently needing to urinate.
Eruptive
Being able or likely to do harm.
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Having the nature of a convulsion
Characterized by violent emotions, passions, speech, or actions:
Very risky
Violent; said of persons or events
Full of or involving peril; dangerous or risky.
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Having a fiery temper; easily made angry
Causing or characterized by nervous tension or mental strain:
The definition of touch and go refers to an uncertain situation where an outcome is not clear and could change any minute.
(Physics) Capable of sustaining a nuclear chain reaction:
Nuclear, biological, chemical, or explosive materials, such as rockets or grenades, that are used as weapons.
An explosive, such as TNT, that combusts nearly instantaneously, thereby producing a violent, shattering effect.
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A person or thing that propels
An atomic or nuclear bomb. Used with the.
A weapon or other object, as a spear, bullet, rocket, etc., designed to be thrown, fired, or launched toward a target; often, specif., a guided or ballistic missile
A glass container filled with a chemical such as tear gas that is dispersed when the container is thrown and broken.
Expense; cost:
A crude grenade consisting of a bottle filled with gasoline, etc. and wrapped in a saturated rag or plugged with a wick: it is ignited and hurled
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burned-out (antonym)
Worn out or exhausted, especially as a result of long-term stress.
quenched (antonym)
Eruptive
gentle (antonym)
Polite and respectful rather than rude.
mild (antonym)
Not extreme:
uneventful (antonym)
With no outstanding or unusual event; peaceful, routine, etc.
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atomic-energy (related)
cherry-bomb
A round, red, powerful firecracker
Alternative spelling of nitroglycerine.
The definition of fiery is to a strong personality, something related to heat, or to an impassioned action or speech.
Tending strongly to change:
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safe (antonym)
Free from danger or injury; undamaged or unhurt:
Easily set on fire; that will burn readily or quickly
amatol
A highly explosive mixture of ammonium nitrate and trinitrotoluene.
(Figuratively) Anything exceptionally dangerous, exciting or wonderful.
(Geol.) A rock thrown out by volcanic eruption
The arrangement of the metal and chemical salts will determine the shape of the display in the sky, ranging from circular or willow to chrysanthemum or palm.
fulgurite
A glassy substance, usually tube-shaped, formed by fusion when sand, rock, etc. are struck by lightning
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An explosive salt of fulminic acid, containing the monovalent negative radical CNO and used in detonators and percussion caps
The definition of a fuse is an electrical safety device that can stop current from flowing if it becomes overloaded, or a device that is used to ignite an explosive device.
lyddite
A powerful explosive containing picric acid, used in shells
nitro-glycerine
The passengers, crew, instruments, or equipment carried by an aircraft, spacecraft, or rocket.
A dry explosive mixture, such as gunpowder.
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tetryl
(Organic chemistry) The explosive 2,4,6-trinitrophenyl-N-methylnitramine produced by the nitration of dimethylaniline
thorite
A vitreous brownish-yellow to black radioactive mineral, essentially ThSiO4 , an ore of thorium.
nonexplosive (antonym)
That will not explode:
gelignite
An explosive mixture of nitroglycerine and nitrate absorbed onto a base of wood pulp.
incendiary (related)
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fuel-air (related)
lethal (related)
weapon (related)
projectile (related)
cordite (related)
explosion (related)
peaceful (antonym)
Inclined or disposed to peace; peaceable:
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