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But these explosive yet inane occurrences have become commonplace.

If the antidote is keeping the explosive Head at the top of the order and bringing an aggressor like Josh Inglis into the team, it creates the possibility of runs and wickets happening quickly.

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Along with 14 penalties for 96 yards, the offensive malaise that hit Jalen Hurts after what - for him - was an explosive start was huge.

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Some volcanoes, including Mount St. Helens in Washington state and Quizapu in Chile, have occasionally released slow, gentle lava flows even when their magma was rich in gas and considered highly explosive.

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Makeshift opener Travis Head hit an explosive 69-ball century to power Australia to victory in a high-octane first Ashes Test on Saturday after a shell-shocked England meekly surrendered in the Perth Stadium cauldron.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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