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explosive

[ik-sploh-siv] / ɪkˈsploʊ sɪv /




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Some abilities, particularly explosive muscle power, peaked even earlier.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026

As presented here, “My Aim Is True” is every bit as explosive and exciting as the original release, an album that featured a clever blend of punk, rockabilly, pop and new wave sounds.

From Salon ● Oct. 14, 2026

This has developed a new area of low pressure that has been undergoing what meteorologists describe as explosive cyclogenesis, also referred to as a weather bomb.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

One local resident captured dramatic footage of the fire at its peak, with explosive bangs emitting from an area engulfed in flames.

From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026

The potentially explosive issues lay buried further back in the past.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

A bomb disposal unit was deployed and a nearby village evacuated, but police found no explosives at the scene.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

Police have said five people have been hospitalised following the incident that was “strongly suspected” to be the result of a gas leak, and no suspicious substances or explosives have been found at the site.

From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026

But U.K. counterterrorism police released the men on bail shortly after they were arrested and said they found no explosives in the three white vans the men were driving.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

In truth, once it became clear that the military remote-controlled robots that were used found no explosives in the vans, only petrol, the investigation inevitably changed.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

A short while later, a Harvard University chemistry student named Donald Hornig was doing research in an explosives lab when the lab director walked in.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin


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