Crossword-Solution: EXPLOSIVE
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Explosive | a. | Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder. |
| Explosive | n. | An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine. |
| Explosive | 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.] |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with EXPLOSIVE (5)
The hissing and crackling behind me, the explosive thud as each fresh tree burst into flame, left little time for reflection.
Smiley’s millinery store said that it was a terrible thing, they added that nothing but a powerful explosive _could_ have killed Mrs.
The advances in computing and information technology have been well-chronicled: the continuing precipitous drop in computing costs, the growth of the Internet and private networks, and the explosive increase in publicly available information databases.
Thurid was deterred by no such scruples; and though it must have been difficult for him to believe that it was really I who followed them, he could not very well doubt the witness of his own eyes; and so he trained their stern gun upon me with his own hands, and an instant later an explosive radium projectile whizzed perilously close above my deck.
Every little while some giant tree yielded the fight and fell crashing through the younger growth; and the unflagging thunderpeals came now in ear-splitting explosive bursts, keen and sharp, and unspeakably appalling.
Quotes with EXPLOSIVE (3)
Socrates himself said, 'One thing only I know, and this is that I know nothing.' Remember this statement, because it is an admission that is rare, even among philosophers. Moreover, it can be so dangerous to say in public that it can cost you your life. The most subversive people are those who ask questions. Giving answers is not nearly as threatening. Any one question can be more explosive than a thousand answers.
I'm falling in love with you." As the words left his mouth, his lips pressed to mine, giving me the most intense and explosive kiss I had ever had. With the coldness of his lips and the warmth of his tongue beneath mine I saw fireworks and felt them through every part of my body.
Truth is not fully explosive, but purely electric. You don't blow the world up with the truth; you shock it into motion.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, NYT, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1963–2021).