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"Explosive" in a Sentence (21 examples)
There has been an explosive increase in the demand for labor.
The cheetah uses a combination of stealth and explosive acceleration to catch its prey.
There was an explosive mixture in his head containing feelings of inferiority as well as visions of omnipotence.
We cannot say categorically why the Russian jet crashed, but as more information has come to light we have become concerned that the plane may well have been brought down by an explosive device.
The explosive ordnance disposal unit safely disposed of the unexploded bomb.
The security situation on the border became explosive this weekend.
Sami placed plastic explosive near the window.
Sami stuck plastic explosive on the window.
We ambushed several hundred of their new J-37 robots behind enemy lines in a staging area and we destroyed them all by sending a herd of explosive laden sheep through their encampment.
Mary farted. Tom turned around. "I love explosive performances," said Tom. Mary did not laugh.
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an explosive device
an explosive fire
Notes: A rule set that (very probably) results in explosive growth; certainly in area if not population.
For example, putting a 1 at (0: 1,1) will cause explosive growth in all directions, putting a 1 at (0: 0,2A) will cause pairs of diagonal cells in a 2x2 square to alternate on and off, putting a 1 at (1: 4,4) will cause all solid 1 areas to stay 1 for another cycle, etc.
If the rule is further chosen so that active cells can (and must) expand on an inactive background but inactive cells can't do so on an active background (or vice versa), then non-explosive growth becomes possible.
Near-synonym: plyometric
explosive movements
an explosive accusation
He has an explosive personality.
the explosive consonants
The words of these songs were either without meaning, or derived from an idiom with which Watt, a very fair linguist, had no acquaintance. The open a sound was predominant, and the explosives k and g.
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