explosive

explosive
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adj. See violence, danger. — n. dynamite, TNT, nitroglycerin. See violence, arms.
II
(Roget's IV) modif.
1. [Eruptive]
Syn. bursting, detonating, dangerous, convulsive, fulminating, atomic, fulminant, fiery, volcanic, flammable, inflammable, combustible.
Ant. harmless*, burned out, quenched.
2. [Violent; said of persons or events ]
Syn. volatile, stormy, fiery, combustible, inflammable, excitable, touchy, unstable, charged, loaded, dangerous, perilous, volcanic, raging, hot-tempered, short-tempered, tense, sensitive, touch-and-go, critical; see also dangerous 1 , excitable .
Ant. gentle*, mild, uneventful.
n.
Syn. mine, gunpowder, ammunition, high explosive, detonator, propellant, bomb, missile, grenade, charge, shell, Molotov cocktail*; see also ammunition , mine 2 , munitions .
Common explosives include: dynamite, nitroglycerine, TNT, Trinitrotoluene, saltpeter, hexamine, hexamethylenetetramine, ballistite, gun cotton, nitrate compound, nitro cotton, cellulose nitrate, pyroxylin, melinite, gelignite, cordite, plastique, Semtex, lyddite, nitro*, peter*, soup*, vaseline*, grease*, powder*, sawdust*, bang juice*; see also atomic energy .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)
I
n.
bomb, dynamite, TNT, charge, gunpowder, nitroglycerine, warhead, blasting cap, cordite, dunnite, fuel-air explosive, Molotov cocktail, napalm, petard, plastic explosive. see ammunition, bomb, missile, nuclear bomb, war, weapon
II
a.
volatile, charged, *at the boiling point, inflammable, fulminant, reaching critical mass, volcanic, eruptive, dangerous, perilous.
ANT.: stable, relaxed

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