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{
"term": "explosive",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "easily able or likely to explode",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an **explosive device** *(= a bomb)*"
},
{
"text": "an explosive mixture of chemicals"
},
{
"text": "Hydrogen is highly explosive."
}
],
"topics": ["War and conflict"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be"],
"adverb": ["highly"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "likely to cause violence or strong feelings of anger or hate",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "one of the most explosive issues of our time"
},
{
"text": "The political situation is potentially explosive."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "often having sudden violent or angry feelings",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an explosive temper"
}
],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "increasing suddenly and rapidly",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the explosive growth of the export market"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "sudden and loud",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There was an explosive crash and then everything fell silent."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspləʊsɪv//ɪkˈspləʊzɪv/",
"audio": "ex/explosive/explosive__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪkˈspləʊsɪv//ɪkˈspləʊzɪv/",
"audio": "ex/explosive/explosive__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}