I. adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a fiery/violent/explosive temper (= likely to get angry and violent very quickly )
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Over the years, my sister has learned to control her fiery temper.
an explosive bullet
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An explosive bullet is a very unpleasant weapon.
explosive growth (= very fast growth )
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India and China are the developing countries with the most potential for explosive growth.
high explosive
plastic explosive
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
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It is difficult to maintain a consistent level of surgical anaesthesia with ether and it is in addition highly explosive .
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Each plant handles a range of highly explosive , corrosive and toxic raw materials.
potentially
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Such testimony, unheard of in El Salvador, is potentially explosive in a state that has tried to bury its past.
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Their presence in the alliance masks deep and potentially explosive differences.
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Thus there was a combination of potentially explosive contributory factors.
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The most potentially explosive area of contact between headquarters and the Boards was in financial control.
■ NOUN
activity
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If the explosive activity is more or less continuous, then clearly ash will rise continuously.
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Consequently, on reaching the surface they have a comparatively low residual pressure and explosive activity is very limited.
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Next, explosive activity will start, blasting ashy material in jets a couple of hundred metres above sea level.
charge
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The tower was attached with bolts that contained small explosive charges .
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At one spot the Federals succeeded in undermining the Confederate works in preparation to laying an explosive charge .
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Stage separation was achieved by a small explosive charge .
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But the bomb casings and high explosive charges in nuclear weapons can not withstand fire and explosive shock.
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But the explosive charge was too large and the chapel was so badly damaged that it had to be pulled down.
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On the planet, unaware of being watched, Ace was laying explosive charges .
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So may explosive charges used to burst the warheads open.
device
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A small explosive device used in the booster-separation system failed to fire when Endeavour launched on 30 November last year.
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There have been no additional explosive devices found nor any arrests made.
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The wheel could have controlled an explosive device .
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He said the equipment could be used at checkpoints to search people for explosive devices .
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How could this explosive device possibly have been smuggled aboard?
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He then turned away and detonated the explosive device strapped to his body.
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One of the earliest explosive devices was the petard, which was a mine used to breach castle walls or gates.
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They were being held without bail on suspicion of conspiracy, possession of explosive devices and burglary.
growth
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Thus began a second period of explosive growth in Lothern.
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The second major new development is the explosive growth in money market mutual funds.
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Underlying these organisational changes, and more important, was an explosive growth of the whole official information-controlling and opinion-forming effort.
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To be sure, the on-line travel industry is still in its infancy, but it appears poised for explosive growth .
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It then entered the domestic market to begin the explosive growth towards today's production level of millions of tonnes a year.
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Venture capital is investment money pooled together and poured into firms with the potential for rapid, explosive growth .
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Billy Butlin became the most successful entrepreneur in this explosive growth .
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But the prevailing wisdom in the industry is that the market is doubling each year as the Internet continues its explosive growth .
issue
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Despite all this, the election turned into a referendum on two explosive issues .
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Henry Hyde, R-Ill., who is platform committee chairman, is still hoping to defuse the explosive issue .
material
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It's also your responsibility to strip beds and arrange for the disposal of inflammable or explosive materials .
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But agents found a live bomb, a partial bomb and explosive materials , court documents show.
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Some speculative future applications of explosive materials in the space programme conclude the scientific presentations.
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Traceable tags for explosive material will only be studied, not used.
mixture
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He determined that the most explosive mixture of the purified methane and air was in the ratio of 1:8.
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The pillars of coal left behind were compressed, releasing large amounts of an explosive mixture of air and methane called firedamp.
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His mood was an explosive mixture of maudlin self-pity and forced gaiety, the latter predominating as he got drunker.
power
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In the twentieth century alone, tens of megatons of explosive power have been liberated in the atmosphere by cosmic impacts.
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Ofahengaue gives All Black Bernie McCahill a taste of the explosive power that has captivated league clubs.
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Their explosive power is slightly less than that of an iron of the same size because they are less dense than iron.
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He seizes eagerly on opportunities to put the ball away with explosive power .
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The twenty kilotons of explosive power poured out upon Hiroshima killed at least seventy thousand people.
situation
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The idea was so successful in defusing the explosive situation that the meetings continued to be held at six-monthly intervals.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a man with an explosive temper
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an explosive device
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an explosive force of 15,000 tons of TNT
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an explosive sound
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Overcrowding and lack of jobs in the area have created an explosive situation.
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the explosive growth of the computer industry
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the explosive issue of abortion
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The paper's editors knew they had an explosive story.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A similar approach has been applied to marine records of explosive eruptions in the Bay of Naples.
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And, like her father, it slipped away in one explosive moment.
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Doyle's explosive shot starred the side window.
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He was to suffer from bouts of explosive flatulence for the rest of his life.
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Jamie and Lisa would have been a far more explosive storyline.
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Pretty soon that may be an explosive error.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
high
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These could carry nuclear or conventional high explosives or a variety of runway-cratering sub-munitions.
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The Army tried everything-tear gas, smoke, high explosives , bulldozers, and sensors.
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The effect, enhanced in buildings and enclosed spaces, can be up to 16 times more destructive than conventional high explosives .
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Further along the ridge, Ace was still throwing high explosives .
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I think I would take a train into a siding somewhere and load it with high explosive .
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Clusters of fire bombs falling from the planes, followed by tons of high explosives .
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This tiny rock carries enough kinetic energy to produce an explosion equivalent to several thousand tons of high explosives .
plastic
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Semtex is not the only plastic explosive .
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Some machines sniff out plastic explosives .
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As passed by the House and agreed to by the Senate, the bill allowed only plastic explosives to be tagged.
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Inside he found what he took to be plastic explosive , wrapped in cellophane, with a wire protruding from it.
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Instructions on how to make plastic explosives are on the Internet and in anti-government underground literature.
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Then, we would line the bottom with plastic explosive , about 2 pounds or better.
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In 1991, 40 nations gathered in Montreal to develop a plan for better controls and detection of plastic explosives .
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As the investigation into these bombings continues, it has reinvigorated efforts to learn more about the black market for plastic explosives .
■ VERB
contain
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The bomb, containing 150 grams of explosives , was planted outside the house shortly before 1am.
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Helicopters will fly overhead, and police robots will be available to handle suspicious packages that might contain explosives .
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The army carried out a controlled explosion on the car but it was found to contain no explosives .
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All this is achieved by kinetic energy - the shell contains no explosives .
use
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The Oklahoma bomber, after all, used explosives .
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An early experiment in 1963 using explosives had not been a success, and in 1981 the geophysicists turned to Vibroseis.
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It took us four days in all to bring down the statue, using mines, explosives and even shells.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A man and a woman were charged on April 15 with conspiracy to cause explosions and with possession of explosives and arms.
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Clusters of fire bombs falling from the planes, followed by tons of high explosives.
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Collect the explosives, batteries and torch. 20.
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He was arrested at his cabin last week on a holding charge of possessing explosives materials.
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I think I would take a train into a siding somewhere and load it with high explosive .
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Nearby a new chemical industry makes explosives, fertilisers, and nylon fibres.
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Such explosives would be far more powerful than existing non-nuclear explosives.
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When they searched his vehicle, they found explosives.