explosive
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Having sparked frequent confrontations and fiery rhetoric during the campaign, they may have a similarly explosive impact on the new term of parliament.
From BBC • May 8, 2026
Micron Technology has seen explosive growth this year as the artificial-intelligence boom drives extreme demand for memory chips.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
But it has been months since explosive craft have reached Russia’s capital.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026
Just before Moore caught his first touchdown in a Bruins uniform, he was running another deep route when he ran into a referee, breaking up what may have been an explosive play.
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2026
When truth is buried underground, it grows, it chokes, it gathers such an explosive force that on the day it bursts out, it blows up everything with it.
From "Time Bomb" by Joelle Charbonneau
Vocabulary lists containing explosive
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