explosive
Example Sentences
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Despite their potential for destruction, these explosive encounters remain poorly understood.
From Science Daily
The Titans can be explosive at times, but I like Steve Spagnuolo drawing up schemes against a rookie quarterback, so give the visitors the edge.
From Los Angeles Times
They specialize in different types of technology, but the growth could be explosive for all three, says a team of analysts at Jefferies.
From Barron's
Such issues had just led to the explosive bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers that same month.
The transformation has been enabled by increasingly compact electronics, batteries and explosives.
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