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How to pronounce “explosive”
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Pronunciation guide for explosive
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of explosive with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Daddy, What's Polysorbate 60?
phosphorus is explosive it's what they
- Definition summary
- Able to, or likely to, explode.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce explosive
Daddy, What's Polysorbate 60?

phosphorus is explosive it's what they
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “explosive”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Able to, or likely to, explode.
- Having the character of an explosion.
- (figurative) Rapidly accelerating.
- (figurative) Shocking; startling.
- (slang) Easily driven to anger, usually with reference to a person.
- (phonetics, archaic) Synonym of plosive.
- [Noun]
- Any explosive substance.
- (linguistics, dated) A plosive.
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