Explosive is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 21 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.
You can make 286 anagrams from letters in explosive (eeilopsvx).
First recorded in 1660-70; explos(ion) + -ive
That incident was due to an “equipment” problem (a steel tube ruptured)—resulting in explosive vapors being released and ignited.
But it is their fraught emotional relationship that makes the story so explosive.
Thorpe broke in with explosive warmth, lifting himself in his chair.
And it would let governors show leadership in explosive, highly-publicized cases.
Some of the most explosive opportunities could be based around things that the Western world seems reluctant to adopt.
I gauged our movement, and dropped an explosive powder bomb.
A Shiite stronghold wrapped in a Sunni explosive belt—not exactly a picture of stability.
Urquhart was a man of explosive action and had great reserve of strength.
There were gasps, explosive curses of bewilderment, amazement.
The party of customers there had become aware of the explosive interlude in the doorway.
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