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Displosive
Displosive Dis*plo"sive, a.
Explosive.
Explosive
Explosive Ex*plo"sive, a. [Cf. F. explosif.]
Driving or bursting out with violence and noise; causing
explosion; as, the explosive force of gunpowder.
Explosive
Explosive Ex*plo"sive, n.
1. An explosive agent; a compound or mixture susceptible of a
rapid chemical reaction, as gunpowder, or nitro-glycerine.
2. 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.
Note: [See Guide to Pronunciation, [root] 155-7, 184.]
Explosively
Explosively Ex*plo"sive*ly, adv.
In an explosive manner.
Favier explosive
Favier explosive Fa`vier" ex*plo"sive [After the inventor, P.
A. Favier, a Frenchman.]
Any of several explosive mixtures, chiefly of ammonium
nitrate and a nitrate derivative of naphthalene. They are
stable, but require protection from moisture. As prepared it
is a compressed cylinder of the explosive, filled with loose
powder of the same composition, all inclosed in waterproof
wrappers. It is used for mining.
ImplosiveImplosive Im*plo"sive, a. (Phon.)
Formed by implosion. -- n. An implosive sound, an implodent.
-- Im*plo"sive*ly, adv. --H. Sweet. ImplosivelyImplosive Im*plo"sive, a. (Phon.)
Formed by implosion. -- n. An implosive sound, an implodent.
-- Im*plo"sive*ly, adv. --H. Sweet. Inexplosive
Inexplosive In`ex*plo"sive, a.
Not explosive.
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