- (a.) Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
- (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.].
- (n.) An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder or nitro-glycerine.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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