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as in intense
extreme in degree, power, or effect
there's been an explosive interest in the sport since the Olympics
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as in violent
marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity
one of the most explosive storms to hit that area of the coast in some time
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Recent Examples of explosive
Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Both were frozen in the wake of an explosive meeting between Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump at the White House on Feb. 28.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
The photos from the federal arrest documents also show small fires on the lot of the dealership that are believed to have been started by molotov cocktails inside vodka bottles; the suspect is seen throwing the explosives across the lot in some of the photos, CBS reported.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
What to know: The U.S.' talks with Ukraine in Saudi Arabia come shortly after President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's explosive meeting at the White House on February 28.
—Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
Both were frozen in the wake of an explosive meeting between Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Trump at the White House on Feb. 28.
—Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
The excavation revealed items from various conflicts, including cannonballs, musket shells, and nearly 400 military explosives.
—Stories By Real-Time News Team, With Ai Summarization, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
The photos from the federal arrest documents also show small fires on the lot of the dealership that are believed to have been started by molotov cocktails inside vodka bottles; the suspect is seen throwing the explosives across the lot in some of the photos, CBS reported.
—Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 5 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explosive
Adjective
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Already, court challenges against the president’s latest moves are emerging, and intense mainstream media coverage has, of course, cast what he’s done in a highly negative light.—
The Editors,
National Review,
20 Mar. 2025
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Especially in the earliest stages, when the grind will be intense. Hammond: The honeymoon period is nearly over.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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The Indiana Crime Guns Task Force was signed into law in 2021 and addresses violent crime in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Johnson and Shelby counties, according to the Indiana General Assembly’s website.—
Maya Wilkins,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Mar. 2025
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The storm, which produced violent tornadoes, raging wildfires, and blinding dust storms, decimated homes, toppled vehicles, and left entire communities reeling from the devastation.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
16 Mar. 2025
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To prevent roadside bomb ambushes in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Americans learned to get ahead of the problem and hunt down the men who built and distributed the bombs.—
David Axe,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
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Lives lost or forever changed from combat happens to all wounded regardless of skin color, bullets and bombs are not sensitive to color of skin as is President Donald Trump. — Kenny Braitman, Frostburg Add your voice: Respond to this piece or other Sun content by submitting your own letter.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
19 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Our only leverage were the ongoing national-level intensive negotiations over the NAFTA environmental side-accords.—
Serge Dedina,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Mar. 2025
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Finding and synthesizing that data would be both labor intensive and expensive for the district to do itself.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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After a ferocious campaign from fans, Disney+ brought the series back—initially a Netflix original from 2015 to 2018.—
H. Alan Scott,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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But a mysterious force is stopping their return and the time-traveling TARDIS team must face great dangers, ferocious enemies and wilder terrors than ever before.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
2 Mar. 2025
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The 7,800-ton, 377-foot-long Virginia-class submarine can carry 25 torpedoes and 12 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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The koi — each one shaped like a torpedo, at least 18 inches long and weighing around 3.5 pounds — proved trickily slippery.—
Rukmini Callimachi,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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The bill has been met with both fierce opposition and staunch support from students, professors and community members across the state.—
Amanda McCard,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2025
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With Zverev looking to cement his dominance, Alcaraz aiming for a repeat title, and Fritz eager to defend home soil, the competition will be fierce from day one.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
7 Mar. 2025
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The turbulent decade that saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, President John F. Kennedy’s and Martin Luther King’s assassination, and the Vietnam War meant that home viewers were more open to escapism and entertainment that would whisk them away from the world's horrors.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
11 Mar. 2025
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Outside of turbulent foreign relations, the election comes at a critical time in Hollywood as the entertainment industry faces unprecedented uncertainty due to AI and plummeting profits.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Explosive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explosive. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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